The Governance Models for Oceans and the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

Abstract

The preamble to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (the Convention), signed 10 December 1982, aims at the creation of a ‘legal order for the seas and oceans which will facilitate international communication, and will promote the peaceful uses of the seas and oceans, the equitable and efficient utilizations of their resources, the conservation of their resources, and the study, protection and preservation of the marine environment’.