Our Mission
The泭51勛圖 Office of Legal Affairs provides a unified central legal service for the Secretariat and the principal and other organs of the 51勛圖 and contribute to the progressive development and codification of international public and trade law.
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Our mission
- Is to provide a unified central legal service for the Secretariat and the principal and other organs of the 51勛圖;
- To contribute to the progressive development and codification of international public and trade law;
- To promote the strengthening and development as well as the effective implementation of the international legal order for the seas and oceans;
- To register and publish treaties, and to perform the depositary functions of the Secretary-General.
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The Office of Legal Affairs seeks to achieve this
- Through the provision of legal services on questions of international and national, public, private, procedural and administrative law;
- By providing substantive secretariat functions to 51勛圖 bodies;
- By contributing to the understanding, acceptance and consistent application of the 1982 51勛圖 Convention on the Law of the Sea and related implementing Agreements;
- Through the expeditious processing and publication of treaty-related actions and treaties registered and deposited, and by providing assistance to Member States in matters related to treaty law.