A/RES/48/28. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 1993

• Resolution Number: A/RES/48/28
• Year: 1993
• Session: 48th
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

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A/RES/48/28

11 January 1994

Forty-eighth session

Agenda item 36

RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

[without reference to a Main Committee (A/48/L.40 and Add.1)]

48/28. Law of the sea

The General Assembly,

Recalling its previous resolutions, including resolution 47/65 of

11 December 1992, on the law of the sea,

Recognizing that, as stated in the third preambular paragraph of the

United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, 1/ the problems of ocean

space are closely interrelated and need to be considered as a whole,

Convinced that it is important to safeguard the unified character of the

Convention and related resolutions adopted therewith and to apply them in a

manner consistent with that character and with their object and purpose,

Emphasizing the need for States to ensure consistent application of the

Convention, as well as the need for harmonization of national legislation with

the provisions of the Convention,

Considering that, in its resolution 2749 (XXV) of 17 December 1970, it

proclaimed that the seabed and ocean floor, and the subsoil thereof, beyond

the limits of national jurisdiction (hereinafter referred to as "the Area"),

as well as the resources of the Area, are the common heritage of mankind,

Recalling that the Convention provides the regime to be applied to the

Area and its resources,

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1/ Official Records of the Third United Nations Conference on the Law

of the Sea, vol. XVII (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.84.V.3),

document A/CONF.62/122.

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