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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,” whose “resources are the common heritage of mankind.” (-5[1])This legislation is enforced from Kingston, Jamaica by the ISA. This legislation led to negotiations on “straddling” resources in areas like the (*) “Peanut Hole.” In 2023, a section on “biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction” was added to this (10[1])legislation. This legislation defines a “contiguous (10[1])zone” (10[1])twice as wide as 12-mile “territorial” areas and excludes “rocks which cannot sustain human habitation” in defining Exclusive Economic Zones 200 miles from land. For 10 points, name this foundational set of international maritime laws. ■END■ (10[1])

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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Gareth ThorlaksonSimpson Agonistes: The Crisis of DonutModerator Can't Neg me While in Alpha53-5
Adil HaiderThe Only Existing Manuscript from A Clockwork OrangeTensei Shitara Flashcard Data Ken9010
Michael DuYou cannot go to Aarhus to see his peat-brown head / With eyes like ripening fruitRyan Wesley Routh's 10 000 NATO-trained Afghan Quizbowlers9610
Elijah Mandelbaumas rational as the square root of two power bottomsCommunism is Soviet power plus the yassification of the whole country9710
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