Coastal state - meaning and illustration

1. United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, article 2, paragraph 1:

" The sovereignty of a coastal State extends, beyond its land territory and internal waters and, in the case of an archipelagic State, its archipelagic waters, to an adjacent belt of sea, described as the territorial sea. "

2. United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, article 5, paragraph 1:

" Except where otherwise provided in this Convention, the normal baseline for measuring the breadth of the territorial sea is the low-water line along the coast as marked on large-scale charts officially recognized by the coastal State. "

3. United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, article 6, paragraph 1:

" In the case of islands situated on atolls or of islands having fringing reefs, the baseline for measuring the breadth of the territorial sea is the seaward low-water line of the reef, as shown by the appropriate symbol on charts officially recognized by the coastal State. "

4. United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, article 7, paragraph 2:

" Where because of the presence of a delta and other natural conditions the coastline is highly unstable, the appropriate points may be selected along the furthest seaward extent of the low-water line and, notwithstanding subsequent regression of the low-water line, the straight baselines shall remain effective until changed by the coastal State in accordance with this Convention. "

5. United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, article 14, paragraph 1:

" The coastal State may determine baselines in turn by any of the methods provided for in the foregoing articles to suit different conditions. "