Delimitation of the artic UN international conventions on the maritime law
The concepts of “delimitation”, “continental shelf” are given in the article and the reasons for using them at present cause certain difficulties are identified. The analysis of the existing norms of international law in the field of the law of the sea is carried out, the existing problems of delimitation of the continental shelf between the Arctic countries are identified in the considered 2 international conventions on the law of the sea: the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea of 1958 and the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 1982. In relation to the Arctic, this UN Convention on the Law of the Sea of 1958 was the first attempt for the Arctic countries to jointly delimit the territory of the Arctic on the basis of international about law.