Last year when Australia spoke under this item, we had many grave concerns over the situation in the Middle East. One year later we deeply regret we have not seen the changes we had hoped for. As the grim Israeli- Palestinian dispute grinds on, the Middle East continues to experience the evils of te…
As we reflect today on what has happened in the law of the sea since the entry into force exactly ten years ago of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, who can fail to be surprised at how far we’ve come since 1994? Anxiety about whether the Convention would ever gain wider participat…
