Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 February 2017
[Reproduced from U.S. Congress, Senate, Committee on Foreign Relations, 103rd Cong., 2d Sess., 1994, Treaty Doc. 103-27, pp. 7-28. The following States have signed the Convention: The People's Republic of China, the Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation and the United States (June 16, 1994); Japan (August 4, 1994); Poland (August 25, 1994). As of January, 1995, the Convention had not been ratified by any of the parties. General Assembly Resolution 48/263, relating the Agreement to Implement Part XI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982, appears at 33 I.L.M. 1309 (1994). The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 can be found at 21 I.L.M. 1261 (1982).
[Future information concerning the status of this agreement (e.g., ratification) may be obtained from: The U.S. Department of State, Office of Treaty Affairs, Room 5420, 2201 C St. NW, Washington, DC 20520 (tel: (1) 202 6471345).]
The Specific Area is the area south of a straight line between 3 point at 55'46'N. and 170'00'W. and a point at 54c30'N. and 167*00'W., and between the meridian 167°001w. and the meridian 170*00'W., and north of the Aleutian Islands and straight lines between the islands connecting the following coordinates in the order listed: 52°49.2'N. 169°40.4'W., 52°49. 8'N. 169°06.3'W., 53°23.8 ‘N. 167°50.1'W., 53°18.7-N. 167°51.4'W.
Note: The Specific Area is the area south of a straight line between a point at 55°46’N. and 170°00’W. and a point at 54°30’N. and 167°00’W., and between the meridian 167°00’w. and the meridian 170°00’W., and north of the Aleutian Islands and straight lines between the islands connecting the following coordinates in the order listed:
52°49.2’N. 169°40.4’W.
52°49.8’N. 169°06.3’W.
53°23.8’N. 167°50.l’W.
53°18.7’N. 167°51.4’W.