ABBREVIATIONS
| A/ | Documents of the IMO Assembly. |
| A/CONF. 162/ | Documents of the Conference of Plenipotentiaries on a Convention on Maritime Liens and Mortgages. United Nations- Geneva |
| A/CONF.188/ | Diplomatic Conference on Arrest of Ships. United Nations - Geneva |
| AJIL | American Journal of International Law |
| ARROYO 1 | Arroyo, Ignacio: Convenios Internacionales Maritimos. 3 vols. Barcelona, Libreria Bosch, 1986, ISBN 7698-000-0. Spanish text |
| ARROYO 2 | Anuario de Derecho Maritimo. Escuela de Administracion Maritima, Govierno Vasco. Spanish Text. Spanish Text |
| ARROYO 3 | International Maritime Conventions. Deventer/Boston, Kluwer Law and Taxation Publishers, 1991, ISBN 9065444408 (N.B amendments incorporated in text) |
| ATS | Australian Treaty Series Australian Government 1948 - (printed) 1927- (electronic) |
| BFSP | British and Foreign States Papers. London, Foreign Office |
| BGBL | Bundesgesetzblatt (Germany). German text |
| Burhenne | International Environmental Law/ Droit international del'environnement/ Internationales Umweltrecht. Multilateral Treaties/ Traités multilatéraux/Multilaterale Verträge. Edited by W.E. Burhenne, Executive-Governor, IUCN, Environmental Law Centre. The Hague, Kluwer Law International, May 1997, Looseleaf 8 volumes (up/incl. Sup. 53) ISBN/ISSN: 9041107576 |
| C | Documents of the IMO Council |
| CanTS | Canadian Treaty Series |
| Cd, Cm,Cmd, Cmnd | UK Command Papers |
| Churchill | New Directions in the Law of the Sea. Oceana Publications Inc/British Institute of International and Comparative Law, 1973- 11 vols. ISBN 0-379-00029-6 (series) |
| CTIA | Consolidated Treaties and International Agreements. Current Document Service: United States. New York, Oceana Publications. 1991- |
| DJI | Documents juridiques internationaux. Montreal: Societe quebecoise de droit international |
| DSB | United States Department of State Bulletin. Washington. 1939-1989 |
| EPL | Environmental Policy and Law. Lausanne, Elsevier, Sequoia. 1975- |
| ES | Extraordinary Session |
| Global | Global Electronic Database of Multilateral MarineTreaties and Agreements. CD-ROM published by Kluwer Law International. Ed Richard Herr, Siobhan McCann, Edmond Chia, Kate Jackson. May 1999. ISBN 90-411-1070-4 |
| ILM | International Legal Materials.. American Society of International Law, Washington. 1962- |
| IMO Document: | IMO Document reference |
| IMO-Vega | For latest edition of IMO-VEGA see the Publications Catalogue. |
| IMO CD/Res | IMO Resolutions on CD-ROM.Contains all Assembly Resolutions from 1959 in English and French and from the third session 1963 in Spanish |
| Ind JIL | Indian Journal of International Law |
| IOPCF | International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund 1992. Texts of the 1992 Convention on Liability and Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage. 2001 edition. London, IOPCF, 2001 (English text) |
| Jackson 1 | World Shipping Laws. Ed.by D.C.Jackson and D.Morris. New York, Oceana Publications, 1992- loose-leaf ISBN 0-379-10165-3 |
| Jackson 2 | Enforcement of maritime claims. Second edition. London/NewYork, Hong Kong, 1996 ISBN 1-85044-302-5 |
| JDI | Journal du droit international. French text, some English text. |
| JOF | Journal Officiel. French Text |
| JMLC | Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce |
| JSCT | Joint Standing Committee on Treaties - Parliament of Australia |
| Kiss | Selected Multilateral Treaties in the Field of the Environment, Vol.I (A.C. Kiss ed.). UNEP, Nairobi, 1983 ISBN 92-807-1025-6 |
| LC | Documents of the London Convention Secretariat (formerly LDC) (E/F/S) |
| LDC | Documents of the London Dumping Convention Secretariat (now LC) (E/F/S) |
| LSB | Law of the Sea Bulletin. Also published in French and Spanish. New York, United Nations Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea. Office of Legal Affairs 1983- |
| MARPOL/CD | MARPOL Convention on CD-ROM. IMO. |
| MMCC | United States: The Marine Mammal Commission Compendium of Selected Treaties, International Agreements, and Other Relevant Documents on Marine Resources, Wildlife and the Environment. R.L Wallace compiler. (3 vols, Washington D.C., 1994) |
| MMCC1 | United States: Marine Mammal Commission Compendium of Selected Treaties, International Agreements, and Other Relevant Documents on Marine Resources, Wildlife, and the Environment. First Update. Bethesda, Maryland (USA) 1997 |
| MMCC2 | United States: Marine Mammal Commission Compendium of Selected Treaties, International Agreements, and Other Relevant Documents on Marine Resources, Wildlife, and the Environment. Second Update. Bethesda, Maryland (USA) 2000 ISBN 0-16-050688-3 |
| MEL | Marine Environment Law. Edited by John H Bates and Charles J W Benson. Looseleaf. London/ New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong, Lloyd's of London Press, 1993- ISBN 1-85044-452-8 |
| MEPC | Documents of the Marine Environment Protection Committee |
| Misc | UK Command Papers. Miscellaneous series |
| MSC | Documents of the IMO Maritime Safety Committee (E/F/S) |
| New Dir. | New Directions in the Law of the Sea. Vols I-XI, looseleaf). Oceana Publications, 1977 |
| NIA | National Interest Analysis Australian Parliament.(Analyses of tabled treaties not printed.) 1996- |
| NTIR | Nordisk Tidsskrift for International Ret |
| NZTS | New Zealand Treaty Series New Zealand Government. 1944- |
| OPPR/CONF/ | IMO Documents from the Conference on International Co-operation on Oil Pollution Preparedness and Response (E/F/S) |
| Peaslee | International Governmental Organisations. -Constitutional Documents. -- 3rd edition, 1974-1976. Ed.A.J. Peaslee. The Hague, Martinus Nijhoff, 1976. -- ISBN 90-247-1826-0 |
| Qeuneudec | Queneudec, Jean-Pierre . Conventions Maritimes Internationales. Paris, A. Pedone, 1979 ISBN 2-233-00062-5 French text N.B. Some texts include amendments. |
| RDU | Revue de droit uniforme/Uniform Law Review. English and French. Rome: Unidroit 1973- |
| RGDIP | Revue Generale de Droit International Public . Paris, A. Pedone. French text |
| RTAF | Recueil des Traités et Accords de la France . French Text. |
| RMC | The Ratification of Maritime Conventions. Edited by the Institute of Maritime Law, University of Southampton. London, Lloyd's of London Press, 1990, loose-leaf. ISBN 1 -85044-301-7 N.B. Vol I refers to status information and vol II provides the text. A CD-ROM accompanies the series |
| SATS | South Africa Treaty Series |
| SD | Select Documents on International Affairs: Texts of International Treaties and Conventions Australian Government Nos. 10 (1966)- |
| Singh (1) | Singh, Nagendra International Conventions of Merchant Shipping, 2nd edition, 1973 |
| Singh (2) | International Maritime Law Conventions (British Shipping Laws). London, Stevens & Sons, 1983, vols 1 to 4 |
| S.Ex. | Senate Executive Document. US Congress - US |
| SOLAS CD | SOLAS Convention on CD. IMO. |
| ST/LEG/SER.B/… | United Nations Legislative Series |
| Tetley | Tetley, W. Maritime Liens and Claims 2nd ed., Montreal, International Shipping Publications, 1998 ISBN 2-89451-227-9 |
| TIAS | Treaties and Other International Acts Series United States Government. 1945- |
| UKTS | United Kingdom Treaty Series H.M. Stationery Office(The Stationery Office from 1 October 1996). 1892- N.B. Where two Command numbers are cited, the earlier will have been published prior to entry into force for the UK. |
| UNJYB | United Nations Juridical Yearbook. United Nations, 1962-; also published in Spanish as Naciones Unidas - Anuario Juridico and in French as Nations Unies - Annuaire Juridique |
| UNTS | United Nations Treaty Series. United Nations, New York, pursuant to Article 102 of Charter (UNTS 1 p. xiii). 1859 volumes to end 1998. 1945- Published in various languages, see citation section of instrument |
| UD | Unification du Droit/Unification of Law, Rome, UNIDROIT (1948-1972) English/French texts |
| US DOS | United States Department of State. Documents. Washington, 1973- |
| UST | US Treaty Series 1778-1945 .United States Treaty Series United States Government. Merged into TIAS. |
| US Treaty Doc | United States Congress. Senate. Treaty Document. Washington, 1987- |
| VERT | Verträge der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Series A. Multilaterale Verträge (in German, sometimes French and English texts provided) |
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