UPSC Prelims 2022 · Question 85 of 98

UPSC Prelims 2022 question on UNCLOS Coastal State Rights

With reference to the United National Convention on the Law of Sea, consider the following statements:

1. A coastal state has the right to establish the breadth of its territorial sea up to a limit not exceeding 12 nautical miles, measured from baseline determined in accordance with the convention.

2. Ships of all states, whether coastal or land-locked, enjoy the right of innocent passage through the territorial sea.

3. The Exclusive Economic Zone shall not extend beyond 200 nautical miles from the baseline from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

  1. 1 and 2 only
  2. 2 and 3 only
  3. 1 and 3 only
  4. 1, 2 and 3
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Answer: D. 1, 2 and 3

Verdict

All three statements are correct → Option (d) 1, 2 and 3.

Statement by statement

Statement 1 – CORRECT: Under UNCLOS, every State has the right to establish the breadth of its territorial sea up to a limit not exceeding 12 nautical miles, measured from baselines determined in accordance with this Convention. Hence statement 1 is correct.

Statement 2 – CORRECT: Subject to this Convention, ships of all States, whether coastal or land-locked, enjoy the right of innocent passage through the territorial sea. Hence statement 2 is correct.

Statement 3 – CORRECT: The exclusive economic zone shall not extend beyond 200 nautical miles from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured. Hence statement 3 is correct.

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