On 10 December 1982, the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea was opened for signature in Motego Bay, Jamaica. This marked the culmination of over 14 years of work involving participation by more than 150 countries representing all regions of the world, all legal and political systems, all degrees of socio-economic development, countries with various dispositions regarding the kinds of minerals that can be found in the Seabed, coastal States, States described as geographically disadvantaged with regard to ocean space, archipelagic States, island States and land-locked States.

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