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A/DEC/72/571
Request for an Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice on the Legal Consequences of the Separation of the Chagos Archipelago From Mauritius in 1965
A/DEC/74/582
Request for an Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice on the Legal Consequences of the Separation of the Chagos Archipelago From Mauritius in 1965
A/DEC/75/583
Request for an Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice on the Legal Consequences of the Separation of the Chagos Archipelago From Mauritius in 1965
A/DEC/76/580
Request for an Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice on the Legal Consequences of the Separation of the Chagos Archipelago From Mauritius in 1965
A/RES/2750(XXV)A-C
Reservation Exclusively for Peaceful Purposes of the Seabed and the Ocean Floor and the Subsoil Thereof, Underlying the High Seas Beyond the Limits of Present National Jurisdiction and Use of Their Resources in the Interests of Mankind, and Convening of a Conference on the Law of the Sea
A/RES/2750(XXV)[C]
Reservation Exclusively for Peaceful Purposes of the Seabed and the Ocean Floor and the Subsoil Thereof, Underlying the High Seas Beyond the Limits of Present National Jurisdiction and Use of Their Resources in the Interests of Mankind, and Convening of a Conference on the Law of the Sea
A/RES/3171(XXVIII)
Permanent Sovereignty over Natural Resources
A/RES/40/168
The Situation in the Middle East Resolutions
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/56/63
The Occupied Syrian Golan
A/RES/71/292
Request for an Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice on the Legal Consequences of the Separation of the Chagos Archipelago From Mauritius in 1965
A/RES/73/295
Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice on the Legal Consequences of the Separation of the Chagos Archipelago From Mauritius in 1965
Request for an Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice on the Legal Consequences of the Separation of the Chagos Archipelago From Mauritius in 1965
A/DEC/72/571··2018
Request for an Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice on the Legal Consequences of the Separation of the Chagos Archipelago From Mauritius in 1965
A/DEC/74/582··2020
Request for an Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice on the Legal Consequences of the Separation of the Chagos Archipelago From Mauritius in 1965
A/DEC/75/583··2021
Request for an Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice on the Legal Consequences of the Separation of the Chagos Archipelago From Mauritius in 1965
A/DEC/76/580··2022
Reservation Exclusively for Peaceful Purposes of the Seabed and the Ocean Floor and the Subsoil Thereof, Underlying the High Seas Beyond the Limits of Present National Jurisdiction and Use of Their Resources in the Interests of Mankind, and Convening of a Conference on the Law of the Sea
A/RES/2750(XXV)A-C··1971
Reservation Exclusively for Peaceful Purposes of the Seabed and the Ocean Floor and the Subsoil Thereof, Underlying the High Seas Beyond the Limits of Present National Jurisdiction and Use of Their Resources in the Interests of Mankind, and Convening of a Conference on the Law of the Sea
A/RES/2750(XXV)[C]··1971
Permanent Sovereignty over Natural Resources
A/RES/3171(XXVIII)··1974
The Situation in the Middle East Resolutions
A/RES/40/168··1986
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
The Occupied Syrian Golan
A/RES/56/63··2002
Request for an Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice on the Legal Consequences of the Separation of the Chagos Archipelago From Mauritius in 1965
A/RES/71/292··2017
Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice on the Legal Consequences of the Separation of the Chagos Archipelago From Mauritius in 1965
A/RES/73/295··2019