General Information - Overview
Relationship with the United Nations

Relationship Agreement The Agreement on Cooperation and Relationship between the United Nations and the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea was signed by the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the President of the Tribunal on 18 December 1997 in New York. It entered into force on 8 September 1998. It establishes a mechanism for cooperation between the two institutions. United Nations Administrative Tribunal By an exchange of letters between the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the President of the Tribunal, dated 26 May 2000 and 12 June 2001 respectively, an agreement between the United Nations and the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea was concluded to extend the competence of the United Nations Administrative Tribunal to the staff of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea. United Nations General Assembly Observer Status The General Assembly of the United Nations, at its fifty-first session, granted observer status to the Tribunal (General Assembly resolution A/RES/51/204 of 17 December 1996). Observer status enables the Tribunal to participate in the meetings and the work of the General Assembly when matters of relevance to the Tribunal are being considered. Resolutions adopted by the General Assembly on the item Oceans and the Law of the Sea General Assembly resolutions and decisions relating to Oceans and the Law of the Sea