1. Preamble and article 134 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of December 10, 1982, United Nations Treaty Series, vol. 1833, 3 (hereinafter referred to as: LOSC).
2. Article 136–137 LOSC.
3. Resolution 2749 (XXV) of the General Assembly (December 17, 1970), UN Doc. A/RES/2749(XXV) (1970).
4. Article 136 LOSC; A. G. OUDE ELFERINK, “The Regime of the Area: Delineating the Scope of Application of the Common Heritage Principle and Freedom of the High Seas”, Int. J. Mar. Coast. Law 2007, 154; J. E. NOYES, “The Common Heritage of Mankind: Past, Present, and Future”, Denver Journal of International Law and Policy 2012, 449.
5. Agreement of July 28, 1994 relating to the Implementation of Part XI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, United Nations Treaty Series, vol. 1836, 3.