UN Convention on the Law of the Sea
- Maurizio Guerrero
- • January 2, 2023
At least a dozen United Nations member states, along with Latin American and Caribbean countries, oppose a plan by a global body to issue the first-ever license to a nation to explore minerals in the deep seabed in 2023….
- Categories: Climate Change, Latin America
- Anna Bianca Roach
- • September 29, 2021
A wealth of resources lies beneath international waters, including cobalt, copper, manganese and other minerals used to power smart phones and other technology. Safeguarding “the common heritage of mankind,” as the United Nations Convention on the Law of the…
- Categories: Africa, Asia, Caribbean, Climate Change
- Alexandra Bowie
- • May 7, 2016
Our communications and travel technological advances of the last half century or so have made the world feel very small and suggest that rivers, mountains and even oceans are no longer barriers. That may be true of travel, at…
- Categories: BOOKS
- Jayantha Dhanapala
- • February 19, 2013
KANDY, Sri Lanka — No country owns the North Pole or the expanse of the Arctic Ocean surrounding it. The Arctic region has a population of about 4 million, including more than 30 distinct groups of indigenous people using…
- Categories: Climate Change, Secretary-General, WORLDVIEWS
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