《联合国海洋法公约》(以下简称《公约》)已于1994年11月16日生效。这部《公约》是在1973年12月到1982年12月召开的第三次国际海洋法会议上通过的,它是调整国际间海洋权益问题、涉及各国利益的一部国际法。根据《公约》规定,各濒海国可以拥有12海里领海、24海里毗连区、 The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (hereinafter referred to as “the Convention”) entered into force on November 16, 1994. The “Convention” was adopted at the Third International Conference of the Law of the Sea, held from December 1973 to December 1982, and it is an international law regulating the international maritime rights and interests and involving the interests of all countries. Under the Convention, all the littoral States may have 12 nautical miles of the territorial sea, 24 nautical miles of contiguous zone,