Abbreviations
- ADIZ
air defence identification zone
- AIS
automatic identification system
- ASEAN
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
- CDEM
construction, design, equipment and manning
- COC
Code of Conduct
- COLREG
Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea
- CPUCH
Convention on the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage
- EEZ
exclusive economic zone
- EUMSS
European Union Maritime Security Strategy
- FAO
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- IAEA
International Atomic Energy Agency
- ICAO
International Civil Aviation Organization
- ICJ
International Court of Justice
- ICNT
Informal Composite Negotiating Text
- ICPC
International Cable Protection Committee
- ILA
International Law Association
- ILC
International Law Commission
- IMO
International Maritime Organization
- ISNT
Informal Single Negotiating Text
- ITLOS
International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
- IUU
illegal, unreported and unregulated (fishing)
- LL/GDS
land-locked and geographically disadvantaged States
- LRIT
Long-Range Identification and Tracking (System)
- MARPOL
International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships
- MASTREP
Modernised Australian Ship Tracking and Reporting System
- MDA
maritime domain awareness
- MOU
memoranda of understanding
- NM
nautical mile
- PCA
Permanent Court of Arbitration
- PSSA
Particularly Sensitive Sea Area
- RSNT
Revised Single Negotiating Text
- RWC
Convention on the Removal of Wrecks
- SAR
search and rescue
- SOLAS
International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea
- SUA Convention
Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation
- SUA Platforms Protocol
Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Fixed Platforms Located on the Continental Shelf
- UCH
underwater cultural heritage
- UN
United Nations
- UNCLOS
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
- UN DOALOS
United Nations Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea
- UNESCO
United Nations Organization for Education, Science and Culture
- UNGA
United Nations General Assembly
- UNODC
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
- UNSC
United Nations Security Council
- UNSG
United Nations Secretary-General
- UNTS
United Nations Treaty Series
- VHF
very high frequency
- WMD
weapons of mass destruction
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