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Alliance to Protect the Quoddy Region
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Countries Affected by UNCLOS
Ratifications/Accessions/Successions (Countries that have ratified UNCLOS)
UNCLOS, PART I (link to UN website)
Article 1, 2., (1) — Meaning of “States Parties”
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UNCLOS makes it clear what countries are affected by the treaty:
US Coast Guard lawyer agrees local LNG projects have no UNCLOS innocent passage:
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Innocent Passage
UNCLOS, PART II, Section 3, Subsection A (link to UN website)
Article 19 — Meaning of Innocent Passage
- Passage is innocent so long as it is not prejudicial to the peace, good order or security of the coastal State. Such passage shall take place in conformity with this Convention and with other rules of international law.
- Passage of a foreign ship shall be considered to be prejudicial to the peace, good order or security of the coastal State if in the territorial sea it engages in any of the following activities:
- any threat or use of force against the sovereignty, territorial integrity or political independence of the coastal State, or in any other manner in violation of the principles of international law embodied in the Charter of the United Nations;
- any exercise or practice with weapons of any kind;
- any act aimed at collecting information to the prejudice of the defence or security of the coastal State;
- any act of propaganda aimed at affecting the defence or security of the coastal State;
- the launching, landing or taking on board of any aircraft;
- the launching, landing or taking on board of any military device;
- the loading or unloading of any commodity, currency or person contrary to the customs, fiscal, immigration or sanitary laws and regulations of the coastal State;
- any act of wilful and serious pollution contrary to this Convention;
- any fishing activities;
- the carrying out of research or survey activities;
- any act aimed at interfering with any systems of communication or any other facilities or installations of the coastal State;
- any other activity not having a direct bearing on passage.
Webmaster's Comments: UNCLOS does not specify that the above list is all-inclusive; therefore, other conditions — such as transits of hazardous materials that threaten the health and safety of the coastal state — might also be considered as prejudicial to the peace, good order, or security of the coastal state. As far as is currently known, this issue has not been determined by the UN.
Also, traditional maritime law has an innocent passage concept, but doesn't define it — it is left to the coastal state to define "innocent passage." Traditional maritime law, not UNCLOS, applies to the proposed LNG transits into Passamaquoddy Bay (as of 2008 Aug 25).
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