Reaffirming the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea,See The Law of the Sea: Official Texts of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 and of the Agreement relating to the Implementation of Part XI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 with Index and Excerpts from the Final Act of the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.97.V.10). which provides the overall legal framework for ocean activities, and emphasizing its fundamental character, conscious that the problems of ocean space are closely interrelated and need to be considered as a whole through an integrated, interdisciplinary and intersectoral approach,
重申为海洋活动提供了全面法律框架的《联合国海洋法公约》，见《海洋法：1982年12月10日联合国海洋法公约和关于执行1982年12月10日联合国海洋法公约第十一部分的协定正式文本，附索引和第三次联合国海洋法会议最后文件节录》（联合国出版物，出售品编号：C.97.V.10）。 强调该公约是基本法，并意识到海洋区域的各种问题相互密切关联，需要通过综合、学科间和部门间的办法对这些问题作为一个整体加以考虑，