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The international maritime law consists of a large number of treaties that have evolved over the past century. Since the Second World War, modifications and additions have usually been made under the umbrella of the United Nations. The following treaties are handled: the MARPOL treaty, the Treaty of London and the Treaties of Oslo and and Paris. For more than half a century, there had been disbutes as to who had say over which part of the sea. It also included who had say over that part of the sea that directly bordered a country, the territorial waters. With the UN Treaty of 1982, the fight over the sea came to a temporary end. This treaty divides the sea into various zones, such as the twelve-mile zone, the extended zone, the exclusive economic zone, the fishing zone, the environmental zone and the regulations with respect to the Dutch section of the Continental Plate.