Countries who have signed the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea can sponsor private companies seeking exploration licenses.

签署了《联合国海洋法公约》的国家可以资助寻求勘探许可证的私营公司。

All five arbitrators were appointed by Shunji Yanai who was the president of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea then.

所有五名仲裁人均由柳井俊二委派，柳井俊二为国际海洋法法庭庭长。

The comments have come to mark the 20th anniversary of the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.

以上评论是在纪念《联合国海洋公约》生效20周年之际发表的。

We can look at some other regimes, other systems, like the Law of the Sea Convention, because that environment is somewhat similar to outer space.

我们可以看看其他系统的一些制度，比如《海洋法公约》，环境与外太空有些类似。

According to the United Nations law of the sea, a country controls the waters within 12 nautical miles of its coast.

根据联合国海洋法，一个国家对其海岸线12海里以内的海域拥有控制权。

It says China doesn't have law of the sea rights here and sailing nearby was an American way to challenge China's claims.

它说中国在这里没有海洋法权利，在附近航行是美国挑战中国主张的一种方式。

According to the United Nations Law of the Sea, countries with territory inside the Arctic Circle can freely make use of these resources within 200 miles of their coastlines.

根据联合国海洋法，在北极圈内拥有领土的国家可以在其海岸线200英里范围内自由利用这些资源。

China rightly points out that, although the law of the sea sets rules about the waters and exclusive economic zones around islands, it says nothing about sovereignty over them.

中国准确指出，海洋法规定了领海及岛周专属经济区，但并没有指明主权属于他们。

That ruling denied China's historical claims in the South China Sea. The court's ruling was based on the United Nations Law of the Sea.

该裁决否定了中国在南中国海的历史主张。法院的裁决是基于联合国海洋法。

In 1994, the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea or UNCLOSE came into force that largely defines the rights and responsibilities of nations out on the world's oceans.

1994 年，《联合国海洋法公约》生效，该公约在很大程度上界定了世界海洋上各国的权利和责任。

You see under the terms of the United Nations convention on the law of the sea or unclose, any country may claim an Exclusive Economic Zone or EEZ of the water surrounding their sovereign coastline.

你看，根据联合国海洋法公约的条款，任何国家都可以对其主权海岸线周围的水域主张专属经济区。