1. United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, done at Montego Bay on December 10, 1982, entered into force November 16, 1994, U.N. Doc. A/CONF.62/122, reprinted in United Nations, The Law of the Seas: Official Text of the Convention on the Law of the Sea with Annexes and Index, U.N. Sales No. E.83.V.5, 1983 [hereinafter cited as 1982 LOS Convention]. As of 1 March 2000, 132 states were parties to the 1982 LOS Convention.
2. Convention on the Prohibition of Military or any other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques, with annex, done May 18, 1977, entered into force October 5, 1978, 31 UST 333, TIAS 9614.
3. Oceans and the Law of the Sea: Report of the Secretary-General, U.N. Doc. A/54/429, 1999, paras. 219–230, located at web site http://un.org/Depts/105/a54_429htm#1 (visited on December 1, 1999).
4. Oceans and the Law of the Sea: Report of the Secretary General 1998, UN Doc. A/53/456, para. 146, located at web site 〈http://www.un.org/Depts/los/a53_456.htm〉 (visited on May 27, 1999).
5. IMO Resolution A.871(20) of November 27, 1997.