| Short Name: | Territorial Sea Convention |
| Full Name: | Convention on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone |
| Purpose: | general |
| Established: | 29-Apr-1958 |
| Entered into force: | 10-Sep-1964 |
| Type: | convention, multi-lateral |
| Place where established: | Geneva, Switzerland |
| Schedule to expire: | |
| Goals and Objectives: | To exercise sovereignty of a State by identifying its territorial sea, described as the land territory and its internal waters, to a belt of sea adjacent to its coast. |
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| Country | Status | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | pending | 30-Oct-1958 |
| Argentina | pending | 29-Apr-1958 |
| Australia | pending | 10-Sep-1964 |
| Austria | pending | 27-Oct-1958 |
| Belarus | pending | 10-Sep-1964 |
| Belgium | ratified | 05-Feb-1972 |
| Bolivia | pending | 17-Oct-1958 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | pending | 01-Sep-1993 |
| Bulgaria | pending | 10-Sep-1964 |
| Cambodia | ratified | 10-Sep-1964 |
| Canada | pending | 29-Apr-1958 |
| Colombia | pending | 29-Apr-1958 |
| Costa Rica | pending | 29-Apr-1958 |
| Cuba | pending | 29-Apr-1958 |
| Dominica | pending | 26-Sep-1968 |
| Dominican Republic | pending | 10-Sep-1964 |
| Fiji | pending | 18-Apr-1971 |
| Finland | pending | 18-Mar-1965 |
| Ghana | pending | 29-Apr-1958 |
| Guatemala | pending | 29-Apr-1958 |
| Haiti | pending | 10-Sep-1964 |
| Hungary | pending | 10-Sep-1964 |
| Iceland | pending | 29-Apr-1958 |
| Iran, Islamic R. of | pending | 28-May-1958 |
| Ireland | pending | 02-Oct-1958 |
| Israel | pending | 10-Sep-1964 |
| Italy | pending | 16-Jan-1965 |
| Jamaica | pending | 07-Nov-1965 |
| Japan | pending | 10-Jul-1968 |
| Kenya | pending | 20-Jul-1969 |
| Latvia | pending | 17-Dec-1992 |
| Lesotho | pending | 23-Oct-1973 |
| Liberia | pending | 27-May-1958 |
| Lithuania | pending | 31-Jan-1992 |
| Madagascar | pending | 10-Sep-1964 |
| Malawi | pending | 03-Dec-1965 |
| Malaysia | pending | 10-Sep-1964 |
| Malta | pending | 18-Jun-1966 |
| Mauritius | pending | 04-Nov-1970 |
| Mexico | pending | 01-Sep-1966 |
| Nepal | pending | 29-Apr-1958 |
| Netherlands | pending | 20-Mar-1966 |
| New Zealand | pending | 29-Oct-1958 |
| Nigeria | pending | 10-Sep-1964 |
| Pakistan | pending | 31-Oct-1958 |
| Panama | pending | 02-May-1958 |
| Portugal | pending | 10-Sep-1964 |
| Romania | pending | 10-Sep-1964 |
| Russian Federation | pending | 10-Sep-1964 |
| Senegal | pending | 10-Sep-1964 |
| Sierra Leone | pending | 13-Mar-1962 |
| Solomon Islands | pending | 03-Oct-1981 |
| South Africa | pending | 10-Sep-1964 |
| Spain | pending | 27-Mar-1971 |
| Sri Lanka | pending | 30-Oct-1958 |
| Swaziland | pending | 15-Nov-1970 |
| Switzerland | pending | 17-Jun-1966 |
| Thailand | pending | 01-Aug-1968 |
| Tonga | pending | 29-Jul-1971 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | pending | 11-May-1966 |
| Tunisia | pending | 30-Oct-1958 |
| Uganda | pending | 14-Sep-1964 |
| Ukraine | pending | 10-Sep-1964 |
| United Kingdom | pending | 10-Sep-1964 |
| Uruguay | pending | 29-Apr-1958 |
| USA (contiguous states) | pending | 10-Sep-1964 |
| Venezuela | pending | 10-Sep-1964 |
| Yugoslavia, SFR of (former) | pending | 28-Jan-1966 |
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