The issues of legal statehood and maritime zone continuity provide the UK Government with an opportunity to exercise international leadership in supporting SIDS to address an existential threat.

The issues of legal statehood and maritime zone continuity provide the UK Government with an opportunity to exercise international leadership in supporting SIDS to address an existential threat. Type: conclusion | Number: 15 | Paragraph: 49 | Response status: accepted Government response: Partly Agree 19. The UK recognises that sea level rise is matter of critical concern for many SIDS. The UK has changed its position to accept that baselines under the UN Convention of the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) – and hence the maritime zones measured from them - may remain fixed in law. The UK supp