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UNCLOS

GS Paper - 2

Effect of Policies & Politics of Countries on India's Interests

United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) 1982, also known as Law of the Sea divides marine areas into five main zones namely- Internal Waters, Territorial Sea, Contiguous Zone, Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and the High Seas.

UNCLOS is the only international conventionwhich stipulates a framework for state jurisdiction in maritime spaces. It provides a different legal status to different maritime zones