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A/RES/61/105
Sustainable Fisheries, Including Through the 1995 Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 Relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks, and Related Instruments
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A/RES/2846(XXVI)
Question of the Creation of an Intergovernmental Sea Service
A/RES/374(IV)
Recommendation to the International Law Commission to Include the Regime of Territorial Waters in Its List of Topics to Be Given Priority
A/RES/44/225
Large-Scale Pelagic Driftnet Fishing and Its Impact on the Living Marine Resources of the World's Oceans and Seas
A/RES/46/215
Large-Scale Pelagic Drift-Net Fishing and Its Impact on the Living Marine Resources of the World's Oceans and Seas
A/RES/47/192
United Nations Conference on Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks
A/RES/49/82
Implementation of the Declaration of the Indian Ocean as a Zone of Peace
A/RES/50/25
Large-Scale Pelagic Drift-Net Fishing and Its Impact on the Living Marine Resources of the World's Oceans and Seas ; Unauthorized Fishing in Zones of National Jurisdiction and Its Impact on the Living Marine Resources of the World's Oceans and Seas; and Fisheries By-Catch and Discards and Their Impact on the Sustainable Use of the World's Living Marine Resources
A/RES/52/29
Large-Scale Pelagic Drift-Net Fishing ; Unauthorized Fishing in Zones of National Jurisdiction and on the High Seas ; Fisheries By-Catch and Discards ; and Other Developments
A/RES/53/33
Large-Scale Pelagic Drift-Net Fishing, Unauthorized Fishing in Zones of National Jurisdiction and on the High Seas, Fisheries By-Catch and Discards, and Other Developments
A/RES/55/8
Large-Scale Pelagic Drift-Net Fishing, Unauthorized Fishing in Zones of National Jurisdiction and on the High Seas, Fisheries By-Catch and Discards, and Other Developments
A/RES/57/142
Large-Scale Pelagic Drift-Net Fishing, Unauthorized Fishing in Zones of National Jurisdiction and on the High Seas/Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing, Fisheries By-Catch and Discards, and Other Developments
A/RES/798(VIII)
Regime of the High Seas
A/RES/821(IX)
Complaint of Violation of the Freedom of Navigation in the Area of the China Sea
A/DEC/48/445
Large-Scale Pelagic Drift-Net Fishing and Its Impact on the Living Marine Resources of the World's Oceans and Seas
Sustainable Fisheries, Including Through the 1995 Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 Relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks, and Related Instruments
A/RES/61/105··2006
Question of the Creation of an Intergovernmental Sea Service
A/RES/2846(XXVI)··1972
Recommendation to the International Law Commission to Include the Regime of Territorial Waters in Its List of Topics to Be Given Priority
A/RES/374(IV)··1949
Large-Scale Pelagic Driftnet Fishing and Its Impact on the Living Marine Resources of the World's Oceans and Seas
A/RES/44/225··1990
Large-Scale Pelagic Drift-Net Fishing and Its Impact on the Living Marine Resources of the World's Oceans and Seas
A/RES/46/215··1992
United Nations Conference on Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks
A/RES/47/192··1993
Implementation of the Declaration of the Indian Ocean as a Zone of Peace
A/RES/49/82··1995
Large-Scale Pelagic Drift-Net Fishing and Its Impact on the Living Marine Resources of the World's Oceans and Seas ; Unauthorized Fishing in Zones of National Jurisdiction and Its Impact on the Living Marine Resources of the World's Oceans and Seas; and Fisheries By-Catch and Discards and Their Impact on the Sustainable Use of the World's Living Marine Resources
A/RES/50/25··1996
Large-Scale Pelagic Drift-Net Fishing ; Unauthorized Fishing in Zones of National Jurisdiction and on the High Seas ; Fisheries By-Catch and Discards ; and Other Developments
A/RES/52/29··1998
Large-Scale Pelagic Drift-Net Fishing, Unauthorized Fishing in Zones of National Jurisdiction and on the High Seas, Fisheries By-Catch and Discards, and Other Developments
A/RES/53/33··1999
Large-Scale Pelagic Drift-Net Fishing, Unauthorized Fishing in Zones of National Jurisdiction and on the High Seas, Fisheries By-Catch and Discards, and Other Developments
A/RES/55/8··2001
Large-Scale Pelagic Drift-Net Fishing, Unauthorized Fishing in Zones of National Jurisdiction and on the High Seas/Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing, Fisheries By-Catch and Discards, and Other Developments
A/RES/57/142··2003
Regime of the High Seas
A/RES/798(VIII)··1954
Complaint of Violation of the Freedom of Navigation in the Area of the China Sea
A/RES/821(IX)··1955
Large-Scale Pelagic Drift-Net Fishing and Its Impact on the Living Marine Resources of the World's Oceans and Seas
A/DEC/48/445··1994
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