Supervision of Japanese Underwater Investigation in Line with UN Convention

Home>>China

Last updated at: (Beijing Time) Tuesday, April 30, 2002

Supervision of Japanese Underwater Investigation in Line with UN Convention

DISCUSSION

CHINESE

SEND TO FRIEND

China's supervision of a Japanese investigation of a sunken ship within the Chinese exclusive economic zone is based on the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and relevant Chinese domestic laws, said Foreign Ministry spokesman Kong Quan in Beijing on Tuesday.

According to the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea, the status of exclusive economic zone was different from high seas or territorial seas, Kong said, noting that coastal countries claimed sovereignty rights over natural resources and jurisdictional rights over maritime environment protection and oceanic research.

To safeguard the above rights of coastal countries, the Convention demands that "States shall have due regard to the rights and duties of the coastal State and shall comply with the laws and regulations adopted by the coastal State in accordance with the provisions of this Convention and other rules of international law in so far as they are not incompatible with this Part," he said.

He also quoted the Convention as saying that "the coastal State shall have due regard to the rights and duties of other States and shall act in a manner compatible with the provisions of this Convention."

Kong further noted that China must enjoy the same investigative rights within the Japanese exclusive economic zone.

Questions?Comments? Click here

China to Supervise Japanese Investigation of Sunken Ship

China Concerned over "Investigation" of Sunk Ship: FM Spokeswoman

China's First Magnetic Suspension Test Track Built ( 4 Messages)

"Washington Times" at Anti-China Tricks Again ( 5 Messages)

Know Who to Love, Who to Hate ( 65 Messages)

Jiang Calls for Joint Efforts Towards Growth of Sino-US Ties ( 13 Messages)

Protests Prompt Retailer to Pull T-shirts Mocking Chinese-Americans ( 149 Messages)