Question

Which of the following statements is correct with reference to the United Nations Convention on Law of the Sea, 1982?

• A. Article 33 of the Convention describes an area of 24 nautical miles in addition to the area granted for establishment of territorial sea as contiguous zone.
• B. Article 3 of the Convention allows the coastal states to create a 12 nautical mile territorial sea from the baselines over which such states have sovereignty.
• C. Article 76 of the Convention defines a continental shelf of a coastal state to extend till 350 nautical miles from the baselines.
• D. Article 57 of the Convention creates an exclusive economic zone of 250 nautical miles from the baseline of the coast.

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

Article 3 of the Convention allows the coastal states to create a 12 nautical mile territorial sea from the baselines over which such states have sovereignty.

Answer 2

The correct option is (B):Article 3 of the Convention allows the coastal states to create a 12 nautical mile territorial sea from the baselines over which such states have sovereignty..