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。

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。

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。