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To accommodate five “founders,” a designation in this legislation requires a certain ratio to be between 1:1 and 9:1. This legislation defines “sedentary” species as moving only in “constant physical contact” with the ground. This legislation uses equivalent nickel quotas to define quotas in “the Area,” the first (-5[1])subject of the phrase “common heritage of mankind.” This legislation is enforced from Kingston, Jamaica by the ISA. This legislation led to negotiations on “straddling” resources in areas like the (*) “Peanut (10[1])Hole.” In 2023, a section on “biodiversity (10[1])beyond national jurisdiction” was added to this legislation. This legislation defines a “contiguous zone” twice as wide as 12-mile “territorial” areas (10[1])and excludes “rocks which cannot sustain human habitation” in defining 200-mile Exclusive Economic Zones. For 10 points, name this foundational set of international maritime laws. ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: UNCLOS [accept UN Convention on the Law of the Sea] (The first line refers to the definition of archipelagic states, whose five initial examples are the Bahamas, Fiji, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and the Philippines.)
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