We, Qaboos bin Said, the Sultan of Oman
after perusal of Royal Decree 26/75 Issuing the Law Governing the Administrative Apparatus of the State and its amendments,
and the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, signed in New York on 1 July 1983,
and in pursuance of public interest,
have decreed as follows
Article I
The mentioned United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea is hereby ratified.
Article II
This decree must be published in the Official Gazette, and comes into force from the date of its issuance.
Issued on: 16 Shawwal 1409
Corresponding to: 22 May 1989
Qaboos bin Said
Sultan of Oman
Published in Official Gazette 408 issued on 1 June 1989.