Links to LOS-related Web Sites

International Organisations

The following links are taken from Annex I of the Scientific & Technical Guidelines of the UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) and were kindly provided by Galo Carrera, Chairman of the Editorial Committee of the Scientific & Technical Guidelines, UN CLCS.

1. Specialized agencies of the United Nations system
1.1 International Maritime Organization (IMO)
1.2 United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
1.2.1 Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC)

• Committee on International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange (IODE)
• Consultative Group on Ocean Mapping (COM)
• Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS)
• Joint IOC-IHO Guiding Committee for the General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO)
• Advisory Board of Experts on the Law of the Sea (ABE-LOS)

2. Other United Nations bodies
2.1 Division of Ocean Affairs and Law of the Sea (DOALOS)
2.2 Intersecretariat Committee on Scientific Programmes relating to Oceanography (ICSPRO)

3. International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU)
Members:
3.1 International Geographical Union (IGU)

3.2 International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG)
3.2.1 International Association of Geodesy (IAG)

• Committee on Geodetic Aspects of the Law of the Sea (GALOS)

3.2.2 International Association of Physical Sciences of the Oceans (IAPSO)

3.3 International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS)

• Working Group on Marine Geology

Scientific associates:
3.4 Fédération International des Géometres (FIG)

• Commission 4 Hydrography

3.5 International Cartographic Association (ICA)

• Working Group on Marine Cartography
• Working Group on Map Generalization

3.6 International Hydrographic Organization (IHO)

• International Data Center for Digital Bathymetry (IHO DCDB)

3.7 International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS)

Interdisciplinary bodies:
3.8 International Arctic Science Committee (IASC)
3.9 Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
3.10 Scientific Council on Oceanic Research (SCOR)
3.11 Advisory Board on the Hydrographic, Oceanographic and Geodetic Aspects of the Law of the Sea (ABLOS)

Permanent services and panels:
3.11 Federation of Astronomical and Geophysical Data Analysis Services (FAGS)
3.11.1 Bureau Gravimétrique International (BGI)
3.11.2 International GPS Service (IGS)
3.12 Panel on World Data Centres (WDC)
3.12.1 WDC-A for Solid Earth Geophysics (USA)
3.12.2 WDC USA
3.12.3 WDC Russia
3.12.4 WDC-B Oceanography (Russia)

Inter-Union Commissions:
3.13 Inter-Union Commission on the Lithosphere (ICSU-IUGG-IUGS)

4. International scientific programmes
4.1 International Lithosphere Programme
4.2 Ocean Drilling Program (ODP)

Other Links

• Geoscience Australia, National Mapping Division, Maritime Boundaries
• South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission
• International Boundaries Research Unit, University of Durham
• International Court of Justice
• International Law Association
• Marine Technology Calendar
• The Hydrographic Society

This page developed and maintained by Chris Rizos (c.rizos@unsw.edu.au), April 1999