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The Convention on the High Seas is an international treaty which codifies the rules of international law relating to the high seas, otherwise known as international waters. [1] The convention was one of four treaties created at the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ( UNCLOS I ). [ 2 ]
The Convention on Fishing and Conservation of Living Resources of the High Seas is an agreement that was designed to solve through international cooperation the problems involved in the conservation of living resources of the high seas, considering that because of the development of modern technology some of these resources are in danger of being overexploited.
The convention resulted from the third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS III), which took place between 1973 and 1982. UNCLOS replaced the four treaties of the 1958 Convention on the High Seas. UNCLOS came into force in 1994, a year after Guyana became the 60th nation to ratify the treaty. [1]
The Convention on the Territorial Sea and Contiguous Zone of 1958 is an international treaty which entered into force on 10 September 1964, one of four agreed upon at the first United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea . 52 states are parties to the convention, whether through ratification, succession, or accession.
Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region; Convention on Fishing and Conservation of the Living Resources of the High Seas; Convention on Psychotropic Substances; Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals; Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons
Convention on the Rights of the Child; International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; Committee Against Torture; Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region; Convention on Fishing and Conservation of the Living Resources of the High Seas; Convention on Psychotropic Substances
This category is for treaties that were written and opened for signature in the year 1958. For treaties that entered into force in 1958, see Category:Treaties entered into force in 1958 . 1953
Article 5(1) of the Geneva Convention on the High Seas of 1958, which came into effect in 1962, requires that "the state must effectively exercise its jurisdiction and control in administrative, technical and social matters over ships flying its flag." [8] There are 63 states party to that Convention.