Other General Assembly documents related to oceans and the law of the sea
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A/62/518 Letter dated 22 October 2007 from the Permanent Representatives of Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General
Annex to the letter dated 22 October 2007 from the Permanent Representatives of Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General

Signapore Statement on enhancement of safety, security and environmental protection in the Straits of Malacca and Singapore, Signapore, 6 September 2007

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A/61/584 Identical letters dated 15 November 2006 from the representatives of Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General and the President of the General Assembly
Annex to the identical letters dated 15 November 2006 from the representatives of Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General and the President of the General Assembly

Kuala Lumpur Statement on enhancement of safety, security and environmental protection in the Straits of Malacca and Singapore

Kuala Lumpur, 20 September 2006

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A/61/372 Letter dated 18 September 2006 from the Permanent Representative of Mexico to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General
Annex "National environmental policy for the sustainable development of Mexico’s oceans and coasts: Strategies for their conservation and sustainable use"
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A/61/160 Note by the Secretary-General
Letter dated 23 June 2006 from the secretary-general of the International Maritime Organization addressed to the Secretary-General
Report of the Ad Hoc Consultative Meeting of senior representatives of international organizations on the "genuine link"
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A/60/529 Identical letters dated 28 October 2005 from the Permanent Representatives of Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General and the President of the General Assembly
Annex I - The Batam Joint Ministerial Statement on the Straits of Malacca and Singapore
Annex II - JAKARTA STATEMENT
ON ENHANCEMENT OF SAFETY, SECURITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN THE STRAITS OF MALACCA AND SINGAPORE, Jakarta, Indonesia, on 8 September 2005
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A/60/68 Letter dated 29 March 2005 from the Chargé d’affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya to the
United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General

Declaration of a Libyan fisheries protection zone in the Mediterranean Sea

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A/59/555 Letter dated 5 November 2004 from Permanent Representative of Chile to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General

In reference to the letter of 20 October 2004 from the Permanent Representative of Bolivia to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General

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A/59/445 Letter dated 20 October 2004 from Permanent Representative of Bolivia to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General

Declaration on the Centennial of the 1904 Treaty

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A/58/807–S/2004/407 Letter dated 18 May 2004 from the Chargé d’affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of Cuba to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General
A  press release on the adoption by the United Nations Security Council of resolution 1540 (2004) and how it relates to the so-called Proliferation Security Initiative
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A/57/855 Letter dated 1 August 2003 from the Permanent Representative of Georgia to the United nations addressed to the President of the General Assembly
Statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia on 31 July 2003
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A/57/712 Letter dated 17 January 2003 from the Permanent Representative of Guatemala to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General
Information concerning the Convention for Cooperation in the Protection and Sustainable Development  of the Marine Environment of the North-East Pacific
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A/57/695 Letter dated 12 December 2002 from the Permanent Representative of the Bahamas to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General
Annex to the letter dated 12 December 2002 from the Permanent Representative of the Bahamas to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General

Position of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas with respect to the sinking of the Prestige and the oil spill off of the coast of Spain with reference to the comments made by the Permanent Representative of Spain to the United Nations. 

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A/57/641 Letter dated 3 December 2002 from the Permanent Representative of Turkey to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General
Comments of Turkey with regard to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea in view of the forthcoming twentieth anniversary commemoration of its opening for signature
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A/57/337 Letter dated 22 August 2002 from the Permanent Representative of Nicaragua to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General
In reference to the letter from the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Honduras concerning the public announcement by the Nicaraguan authorities of future hydrocarbon concessions in areas under Nicaraguan jurisdiction
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A/57/331 Letter dated 22 August 2002 from the Permanent Representative of Fiji to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General
Communiqué issued by the Heads of State and Government and representatives of the 16 member States of the Pacific Islands Forum at its thirty-third meeting, which was held in Fiji from 15 to 17 August 2002
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A/57/299 Letter dated 12 August 2002 from the Chargé d’affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of Honduras to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General
Communication dated 6 August 2002 from the Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, transmitting a protest note dated 30 July 2002 from the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Honduras, addressed to the Government of Nicaragua concerning the publication by the Nicaraguan Energy Institute of a “Map of areas opened for oil exploration”
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A/57/261

Letter dated 25 July 2002 from the Permanent Representative of Nicaragua to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General

Note dated 22 July 2002 addressed to the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Honduras, in which the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Nicaragua responds to the letter dated 16 July 2002 sent by the Government of Honduras to the Government of Nicaragua concerning the announcement made by the Nicaraguan authorities about a call for tenders for petroleum exploration in various parts of the territory of Nicaragua

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A/57/219

Letter dated 17 July 2002 from the Chargé d’affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of Honduras to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General

Communiqué dated 16 July 2002, containing the protest note which the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Honduras addressed to the Government of Nicaragua, concerning the announcement by the Nicaraguan Government that in the next few months it will auction off hydrocarbons leases throughout the national territory, including the Honduran maritime areas to which Nicaragua has formally laid claim following the filing of its complaint with the International Court of Justice on 8 December 1999

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A/57/72

Note by the Secretary-General

IMO Assembly resolution A.922(22) on the Code of Practice for the Investigation of Crimes of Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships

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A/56/1017

Letter dated 26 July 2002 from the Chargé d’affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General

Position of the Islamic Republic of Iran concerning the legal regime of the Caspian Sea, with reference to the joint letter dated 15 April 2002 from the Permanent Representatives of Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan to the United Nations, which has been circulated as a document of the General Assembly (A/56/927)
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A/56/927 Letter dated 15 April 2002 from the Permanent Representatives of Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General
In reference to the letter dated 28 February 2002 from the Chargé d’affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General (document A/56/850) concerning the delimitation of the bed of the Caspian Sea
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A/56/850 Letter dated 28 February 2002 from the Chargé d’affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General
Position of the Islamic Republic of Iran with reference to the agreement signed by the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Republic of Azerbaijan on the Caspian Sea, on 29 November 2001
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A/56/304 Letter dated 16 August 2001 from the Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General
Note verbale dated 21 July 2001 from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan in Tehran concerning illegal activities in the Alborz oil field in the Caspian Sea
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A/55/536 Letter dated 31 October 2000 from the Permanent Representative of New Zealand to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General
Transmitting, on behalf of the countries of the Pacific Islands Forum represented in New York, the communiqué issued by the Heads of State and Government and representatives of the 16 States members of the Pacific Islands Forum at its thirty-first meeting, held at Tarawa from 27 to 30 October 2000
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A/55/311 Note by the Secretary-General
Transmitting to the members of the General Assembly the letter dated 8 June 2000 from the Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization concerning acts of piracy and armed robbery against ships and seafarers in various parts of the world
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S/2000/821 Letter dated 20 August 2000 from the Permanent Representative of Iraq to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General
Letter dated 14 August 2000 from the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Iraq, concerning the question of the delimitation of the continental shelf in the Arabian Gulf
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A/53/1014
S/1999/761

Letter dated 6 July 1999 from the Permanent Representative of the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General

Press communiqué issued by the Ministerial Council of the Gulf Cooperation Council at its resumed seventy-first regular session, held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on 3 July 1999

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A/53/890

Letter dated 30  March 1999 from the Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General

Statement made by the spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran on 16 December 1998 protesting about the conclusion of contracts between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Shell and Lasmo oil companies on the exploration of the resources of the Caspian Sea

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A/53/869
S/1999/308

Letter dated 22 March 1999 from the Permanent Representative of the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General

Press release issued by the Ministerial Council of the Gulf Cooperation Council at its seventieth session, held at the seat of its secretariat in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 14 and 15 March 1999

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A/53/869
S/1999/308/Corr.1

Letter dated 22 March 1999 from the Permanent Representative of the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General

Press release issued by the Ministerial Council of the Gulf Cooperation Council at its seventieth session, held at the seat of its secretariat in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 14 and 15 March 1999

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A/53/741

Letter dated 11 December 1998 from the Permanent Representative of Azerbaijan to the United Nations address to the Secretary-General

Statement adopted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan on 10 December 1998 (geological and geophysical prospecting in an area of the Caspian Sea)

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A/53/524

Letter dated 16 October 1998 from the Permanent Representative of Portugal to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General

Results of the work of the Independent World Commission on the Oceans.

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A/53/453

Letter dated 30 September 1998 from the Permanent Representatives of the Islamic Republic of Iran and Turkmenistan to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General

Joint statement of the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and the President of Turkmenistan, on issues relating to the Caspian Sea, signed at Tehran on 8 July 1998

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A/53/416

Letter dated 16 September 1998 from the Permanent Representative of the Federated States of Micronesia to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General

Communiqué issued by the Heads of State and Government and representatives of the 16 member States of the South Pacific Forum at its twenty-ninth meeting, held in Palikir, Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia, on 24 and 25 August 1998

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A/52/802

Letter dated 19 February 1998 from the Permanent Representative of Kazakhstan to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General

Statement dated 13 February 1998 by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the results of the Kazakhstan-Russian consultations on questions relating to the legal status of the Caspian Sea

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A/52/795

Letter dated 18 February 1998 from the Permanent Representative of Malta to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General

Text of the Declaration of Malta issued by the twenty-fifth Convocation Pacem in Maribus, which was held in Malta from 15 to 18 November 1997.

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A/52/774

Letter dated 20 January 1998 from the Permanent Representatives of Bulgaria and Turkey to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General

Joint statement on the Agreement between the Republic of Turkey and the Republic of Bulgaria on the determination of the boundary in the mouth of the Rezovska/Mutludere River and delimitation of the maritime areas between the two States in the Black Sea, signed by the Prime Ministers of the two countries on 4 December 1997 at Sofia

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A/52/588

Letter dated 11 November 1997 from the Chargé d’affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General

Position of the Islamic Republic of Iran concerning the exploitation of the resources of the Caspian Sea

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A/52/458

Letter dated 10 October 1997 from the Permanent Representative of Portugal to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General

On behalf of the delegations of the Republic of Angola, Brazil, Chile, Fiji, India, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Malta, Mexico, Morocco, the Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and of my own, transmitting a note on the Independent World Commission on the Oceans

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A/52/361
S/1997/720

Letter dated 16 September 1997 from the Permanent Representative of the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General

Note verbale dated 24 August 1997 from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates addressed to the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Abu Dhabi, protesting against the naval exercises which, according to maritime circular No. 13/76 of the Ports and Navigation Authority of the Islamic Republic of Iran annexed to note No. 1397 dated 21 July 1997 from its Embassy in Abu Dhabi, were carried out by Iran from 11 to 13 August 1997 on Abu Musa, an island that belongs to the United Arab Emirates

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A/52/325

Letter dated 3 September 1997 from the Chargé d'Affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General

In reference to the joint statement signed by the Presidents of Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan on 27 February 1997 (A/52/93) and relating to the legal status of the Caspian Sea

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A/52/324

Letter dated 3 September 1997 from the Chargé d'affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General

Reflecting the position of the Islamic Republic of Iran concerning the legal regime of the Caspian Sea

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A/52/260

Agreement concerning the Relationship between the United Nations and the International Seabed Authority

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A/52/186
S/1997/477

Letter dated 18 June 1997 from the Chargé d'affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General

Letter of protest dated 20 May 1997 from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates addressed to the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Abu Dhabi, concerning the announcement made by the assistant to the Minister of Roads and Transport for the construction and development of seaports and airports in the Islamic Republic of Iran (the Greater Tunb island).

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A/52/160

Letter dated 27 May 1997 from the Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General

In reference to the letter dated 3 February 1997 from the Chargé d'affaires of the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General (A/52/71), transmitting the note verbale of 2 March 1997 from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Embassy of the United Arab Emirates in Tehran, concerning the presence of a barge in territorial waters of the United Arab Emirates ...

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A/52/154
S/1997/383

Identical letters dated 20 May 1997 from the Chargé d'affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General and to the President of the Security Council

Two letters of protest, Nos. 034/04/80-573 and 034/04/80-574, dated 4 May 1997, from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates addressed to the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran at Abu Dhabi, concerning the statement made by the Deputy Minister of Roads and Transport in the Islamic Republic of Iran, concerning construction by the Islamic Republic of Iran of an airport on the island of Abu Musa…

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A/52/93

Letter dated 14 March 1997 from the Permanent Representatives of Kazakstan and Turkmenistan to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General

Joint statement on issues relating to the Caspian Sea, signed by the Presidents of the Republics of Kazakstan and Turkmenistan in Almaty on 27 February 1997

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A/52/71

Letter dated 3 February 1997 from the Chargé d'affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of the United Arab Emirates addressed to the Secretary-General

Note No. OK1/7/2-50, dated 28 January 1997, from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates addressed to the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Abu Dhabi, "setting forth the Ministry's vigorous protests against the violation of the territorial waters of the United Arab Emirates on 19 January 1997 by a logistic landing ship flying the Iranian flag..."

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A/51/771
S/1997/10

Identical letters dated 2 January 1997 from the Chargé d'affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General and to the President of the Security Council

Note verbale No. WK 1/10/20-548 dated 30 November 1996 from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates addressed to the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Abu Dhabi. The note draws the Embassy's "attention to the repeated acts of maritime piracy carried out by Iranian forces against fishing boats belonging to citizens of the United Arab Emirates"

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A/51/757
S/1996/1057

Identical letters dated 18 December 1996 from the Permanent Representative of the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General and the President of the Security Council

Statement concerning the "Iranian occupation of the Greater Tunb, the Lesser Tunb and Abu Musa, three islands that form an integral part of the sovereign territory of the United Arab Emirates"

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A/51/694

Letter dated 18 November 1996 from the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General

Allegation made by Greenpeace that Korean vessels are engaged in drift-net fishing in the Mediterranean Sea contained in your report on "Law of the sea…

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A/51/687—S/1996/963

Letter dated 21 November 1996 from the Permanent Representative of Cyprus to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General

New "violations of the airspace of the Republic of Cyprus and of the flight information region of Nicosia by military aircraft of the Turkish Air Force, which were recorded on 15 November 1996"

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A/51/659

Letter dated 4 November 1996 from the Permanent Representative of Bahrain to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General

Concern of the Government of the State of Bahrain regarding the act promulgated by the Islamic Republic of Iran on 27 May 1993 delimiting the marine areas of the Islamic Republic of Iran

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A/51/547

Letter dated 18 October 1996 from the Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General

In reference to the letter dated 26 August 1996 from the Permanent Representative of the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations (A/50/1033) regarding objections of the United Arab Emirates to certain provisions of the Act on the Marine Areas of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman, 1993

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A/51/546

Letter dated 18 October 1996 from the Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General

In reference to the note verbale dated 20 August 1996 from the Permanent Mission of Qatar to the United Nations addressed to the Secretariat (A/50/1034) regarding objections of the State of Qatar to certain provisions of the Act on the Marine Areas of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman, 1993 ("Marine Areas Act") 

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A/51/545

Letter dated 18 October 1996 from the Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General

In reference to the note verbale dated 25 July 1996 from the Permanent Mission of Saudi Arabia to the United Nations addressed to the Secretariat (A/50/1028), regarding objections of Saudi Arabia to certain provisions of the Act on the Marine Areas of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman, 1993

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A/51/544

Letter dated 18 October 1996 from the Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General

In reference to the letter dated 26 August 1996 from the Permanent Representative of Kuwait to the United Nations (A/50/1029), containing the statement of the Government of Kuwait relating to certain provisions of the Act on the Marine Areas of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman, 1993

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A/51/529

Letter dated 18 October 1996 from the Permanent Representatives of Azerbaijan and Kazakstan to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General

Joint statement on Caspian Sea questions adopted by the Presidents of the Azerbaijani Republic and the Republic of Kazakstan in Baku on 16 September 1996

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A/51/487
S/1996/846

Letter dated 8 October 1996 from the Permanent Representatives of Cyprus to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General

"Violations of airspace of the Republic of Cyprus and of the flight information region (FIR) of Nicosia by military aircraft of the Turkish Air Force"

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A/51/260

Letter dated 25 July 1996 from the Permanent Representative of Yemen to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General

Letter from the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Yemen, protesting against the publication by the Eritrean Government of a map showing oil exploitation zones in the Red Sea that include areas subject to Yemeni sovereignty, among them what the map refers to as "the Hanish-Zuqur quadrangle"

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A/51/116

Note verbale dated 5 March 1996 from the United States Mission to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General

Intergovernmental Conference to Adopt a Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities, held in Washington, D.C., from 23 October to 3 November 1995

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A/50/1034

Letter dated 4 September 1996 from the Permanent Representa