We, Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates,
- Pursuant to the perusal of the provisional Constitution; and
- Federal Law No. 1 of 1972 concerning the Jurisdiction of Ministries and the Powers of the Ministers and the amending laws thereof; and
- Federal Law No. 45 of 1992 concerning the Organization of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; and
-Acting upon the proposal of the Ministers of Defence and Foreign Affairs, the approval of the Cabinet and the ratification of the Federal Supreme Council,
Have promulgated the following Law:
In the implementation of the provisions hereof, the following terms and phrases shall have the meanings assigned for each of them unless the context requires otherwise:
State: The United Arab Emirates State.
Baseline: The line from which the measurement of the territorial sea begins.
Island: A natural formation of land surrounded from all sides by water provided that it is not submerged by water in the event of high tides.
Archipelago: A group of two or more Islands constituting along with the water between or linking th...