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Oceans and Law of the Sea


SEA/1819
29/4/2005
Press Release
SEA/1819

COMMISSION ON LIMITS OF CONTINENTAL SHELF CONCLUDES FIFTEENTH SESSION


NEW YORK, 29 April 2005 (DOALOS) – The fifteenth session of the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf [hereafter:  the Commission] was held at United Nations Headquarters from 4 to 22 April 2005.

SEA/1817
01/12/2004
Press Release
SEA/1817

MILINDA GUNETILLEKE OF SRI LANKA AWARDED NINETEENTH LAW OF SEA FELLOWSHIP


Fellowship to Be Used for Study on Issues relating to Continental Margin


(Delayed in transmission.)


NEW YORK, 19 November (UN Office of Legal Affairs) -- Milinda Gunetilleke of Sri Lanka was awarded the nineteenth Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe Fellowship on the Law of the Sea.

SEA/1813
17/06/2004
Press Release
SEA/1813

AFTER LENGTHY CONSULTATIONS, STATES PARTIES TO LAW OF SEA CONVENTION


REACH CONSENSUS ON TWO PROPOSALS ON APPLICATION OF KEY ARTICLE


Difference of Views on Handling General Issues, Administrative Concerns


Following lengthy consultations and breaking a diplomatic impasse, the Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on the Law of the Sea adopted two proposals by consensus, as it continued its fourteenth session today.