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United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) is an international treaty adopted in 1982 after nine years of negotiation and in force since 1994. It defines a 12-nautical-mile territorial sea, a 200-mile exclusive economic zone and rights over the continental shelf, and recognises archipelagic states such as Indonesia and the Philippines. It also created the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea and the International Seabed Authority.
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