Question

Present your view on the role of the UNO for the rights of landlocked countries​

Answer 1

Answer:

The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 1982 provided rights for landlocked states on the sea. More importantly, the convention provided them with the right of access to and from the seas and freedom of transit. However, the law makes such rights subject to the agreements to be made by landlocked and transit states. This, in turn, depends on the prevailing relations between the concerned states. If they are not in a smooth relation, the transit states may not be willing to negotiate and thereby put impediments on the landlocked states' free transit. The political will and commitment of transit states highly conditioned the rights of landlocked states. The denial of free transit, in turn, affects the rights of landlocked states on the different maritime regimes. Landlocked states have no absolute right of access to and from the seas and freedom of transit. Hence, the study concludes that to give practical effect to those rights, negotiating bilateral and multilateral agreements with the transit states has a crucial and irreplaceable role.