‫‪A/CN.4/740/Add.

1‬‬ ‫األمــم المتحـدة‬

‫‪Distr.: General‬‬
‫‪13 May 2020‬‬ ‫الجمعية العامة‬
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‫‪Original: English‬‬

‫لجنة القانون الدولي‬

‫الدورة الثانية والسبعون‬
‫‪ 5 -‬حز ال يونيه‬ ‫جنيف‪ 27 ،‬نيسـ ـ ــيل‬
‫و ‪ 6‬تموز يوليه ‪ 7 -‬آب غسطس ‪2020‬‬

‫ارتفاع مستوى سطح البحر وعالقته بالقانون الدولي‬

‫س و المشااريو لففرس‬
‫ورقة مساال وول م ععدا ووددان وورسسا و ونوفو ر وورا ا الرلي ا‬
‫الدراسي المعني بارتفاع مستوى سطح البحر وعالقته بالقانون الدولي‬

‫عضا ة‬

‫ثبت مراجع مختارة بشأن ارتفاع مستوى سطح البحر م حوث عالقته بقانون البحار*‬

‫ــ‬ ‫الني ـ ــنو ا مودال الوينول الدولا‪ ،‬و و‬ ‫موضـ ــوت اعتميت مسـ ــتوب رـ ــطل الالح من الم يي‬
‫مـيةة صبـ ـ ـ ـ ـ ـ ـالـو ي يزال ال يو من المالمون ينالول مناـيث وليس الم اة من د ـد الم اجي الواعة ةنـي ل ول‬
‫مي ُكتب عن الموضوتث‬ ‫يمال ل‬

‫كتب ومويي‬
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‫* ُيلحق د د الم اجي ذا بميوله الم ق بمخطط ة اعر ـ ــو موض ـ ــوت ”اعتميت مس ـ ــتوب ر ـ ــطل الالح وعالوته بيلوينول الدولا“ للتورـ ـ ـي ا‬
‫ميةته الم جعيو (انظ تو ل نو الوينول الدولا عن عميل ةوعتاي السـ ـ ـ ـ ـ ـ ـال ون (‪ ،)2018‬الوديئق ال ر ـ ـ ـ ـ ـ ــميو لل معيو ال يمو‪ ،‬الدوعة‬
‫ــم جميي المواة المدعجو ا وعوو‬ ‫الييليو والسـ ـال ول‪ ،‬الملحق عوم ‪ ،)A/73/10( 10‬الم ق بيء‪ ،‬الب ــمحي ‪)428-425‬ث و و ي‬
‫مالي ـ اعتميت مســتوب‬ ‫المســيئ األولا التا عد ي ال ئيســيل الم ــيعكيل للم ق الد اعرــا‪ ،‬وونمي حتوى وط علا مي يتنيول مناي ب ـ‬
‫رطل الالح وعالوته بوينول الالحيعث‬

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‫ص وك ووديئق رييريتيو وبييني‬

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‫وديئق األمم المتحدة وغو ي من الوديئق‬

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‫ح يم وضيئيو وو ا اع تح يميو‬

‫مح مو ال دل الدوليو‬

‫ث‬Aegean Sea Continental Shelf (Greece v. Turkey), Judgment, ICJ Reports 1978, p. 3

‫المح مو الدائمو للتح يم‬

Bay of Bengal Maritime Boundary Arbitration (Bangladesh v. India), Case No. 2010-16,
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