21. He also said he was hopeful that Senate opposition to the Law of the Sea could be overcome. 22. The authority was created by the 1994 U . N . Convention on the Law of the Sea . 23. The ISA was created by the 1994 U . N . Convention on the Law of the Sea . 24. It was set up under a 1982 U . N . convention on the law of the sea . 25. China defended its oil exploration, citing legal claims based on the United Nations Law of the Sea . 26. The issue was brought to the International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea in September last year. 27. It has signed, but not ratified, the Law of the Sea and the Nuclear Test Ban. 28. El Salvador has signed, but not ratified the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea . 29. The UN Convention on the Law of the Sea had already established more liberal passage through other straits. 30. The Law of the Sea required their rescue and they were returned to their homeland through diplomatic channels.
