联合国青年专业人员考试样题 Legal_Affairs_2007年.pdfVIP

-8- !i Suggested time: 50 minutes Maximum score: 150 points ESSAY A Terra a State party to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, 1982 (Convention) adopted the Territorial Waters Act 2002 which declared, inter alia that: (1) Passage of foreign vessels in cases where they are engaged in any of the following activities shall not be considered innocent, and shall be subject to relevant civil and criminal laws and regulations: (a) Any act of propaganda aimed at affecting the national security, defence or economic interests of Terra; (b) Any act of pollution of the marine environment contrary to the rules and regulations of Terra. (2) Passage of warships, submarines, nuclear-powered ships or any other floating objects of vessels carrying nuclear or other dangerous or noxious substances harmful to the environment or foreign fishing vessels through the territorial sea is subject to prior authorization. And in addition, upon ratifying the Convention Terra made a declaration asserting that: The provisions of the Convention do not authorise other States to carry out in the exclusive economic zone, military exercises or manoeuvres, in particular those that involve the use of weapons or explosives without the consent of the coastal States. In your capacity as legal adviser to Minima, a State party to the Convention with the Law of the Sea, you are asked to analyze the conformity of these provisions of the Territorial Waters Act. Minima had also been planning a series of war games both on the high seas and in Terras EEZ, thus, you have also been asked to comment on