The Functions and Role of the United Nations Secretariat in Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea
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This article provides an overview of the functions entrusted to the Secretary-General of the United Nations under the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and performed on his behalf by the United Nations Secretariat, namely the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea of the Office of Legal Affairs. In accordance with the commemorative spirit of this special issue, the article seeks to chronicle the major institutional steps through which the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea came into existence and was assigned with unique tasks in ocean and sea-related matters within the United Nations system. The functions of the Division are then briefly discussed.
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In 1973, the General Assembly decided that the Secretary-General of the United Nations would have been the Secretary-General of the Third Conference on the Law of the Sea and authorized him to appoint a Special Representative to act on his behalf and to make such arrangements and to provide such facilities as would be necessary for the efficient and continuous servicing of the Conference. UN Doc. A/RES/3067 (XXVIII) (16 November 1973), para. 9. In 1975, the General Assembly authorized the Secretary-General to continue to make the necessary arrangements for the efficient and continuous servicing of the Conference and of subsequent activities as would be decided upon by the Conference. UN Doc. A/RES/3483 (XXX) (12 December 1975), para. 3.
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As at June 2012.
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Since resolution 50/23 of 5 December 1995.
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Since resolution 55/7 of 30 October 2000, para. 39.
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As at June 2012, 22 SPLOS meetings and three SPLOS special meetings (in 2008, 2009 and 2011) have been held. On the occasion of SPLOS meetings, States Parties to the Convention are informed by the Secretary-General of the Authority and the Chairman of the Commission on the activities of the two bodies and receive the report of the Secretary-General of the United Nations under Article 319(2)(a) of the Convention “on issues of general nature that have arisen with respect to [the] Convention”.
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14 June 2012. See http://www.un.org/Depts/los/clcs_new/commission_submissions.htm.
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The Functions and Role of the United Nations Secretariat in Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea
In: The International Journal of Marine and Coastal LawSearch for other papers by Serguei Tarassenko in
Current site
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Search for other papers by Ilaria Tani in
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Abstract
This article provides an overview of the functions entrusted to the Secretary-General of the United Nations under the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and performed on his behalf by the United Nations Secretariat, namely the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea of the Office of Legal Affairs. In accordance with the commemorative spirit of this special issue, the article seeks to chronicle the major institutional steps through which the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea came into existence and was assigned with unique tasks in ocean and sea-related matters within the United Nations system. The functions of the Division are then briefly discussed.
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