A/RES/51/34. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 1996

• Resolution Number: A/RES/51/34
• Session: 51st
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

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A/RES/51/34

17 January 1997

Fifty-first session

Agenda item 24 (a)

RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

[without reference to a Main Committee (A/51/L.21 and Add.1)]

51/34. Law of the sea

The General Assembly,

Emphasizing the universal character of the United Nations Convention on

the Law of the Sea1 and its fundamental importance for the maintenance and

strengthening of international peace and security, as well as for the

sustainable use and development of the seas and oceans and their resources,

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 ("the Area"), as well as the resources of

the Area, are the common heritage of mankind, and considering also that the

Convention, together with the Agreement relating to the implementation of

Part XI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of

10 December 19822 ("the Agreement"), provides the regime to be applied to the

Area and its resources,

Noting the entry into force of the Agreement on 28 July 1996,

Noting with satisfaction the increase in the number of States parties to

the Convention,

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), A/CONF.62/122.

2 Resolution 48/263, annex.

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