What does LOS stand for?

The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea stipulates that any coastal state can claim undersea territory 200 nautical miles from their shoreline and exploit the natural resources within that zone.

Defined under the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, an EEZ lets coastal states extend their jurisdiction beyond their 12-mile territorial waters, up to a maximum of 200 miles.

Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea Office of Legal Affairs.

The Philippines government is asserting its sovereignty over the country's territorial area and economic zones because that is the right thing to do," said Ermita, adding that the passage of the bill in Congress was "in compliance with the requirements of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea [UNCLOS] and could help to clear up contentious claims to islands in the South China Sea".

It becomes apparent that Turkey continues its unacceptable policy of questioning the sovereign right of the Republic of Cyprus, as a State Member of the United Nations, to exploit the natural resources within its EEZ, in accordance with international law and in particular the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea," Christofias said in his letter to the UN Secretary General.

Summary: The Libyan people's general committee Wednesday gave its approval for the country to become a member of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.

Springer Science + Business New York) will begin the publication of the "Aegean Review of the Law of the Sea and Maritime Law," a new quarterly journal designed to bring together the research in the fields of the law of the sea and maritime law by considering them as interrelated legal disciplines.

Under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, foreign submarines and other underwater vehicles are "required to navigate on the surface and to show their flag" in territorial waters during peacetime.