Research On Maritime Rights And Diplomatic Practices Of Landlocked Countries

The researching object of this paper is the maritime rights and interests of landlocked-state and their diplomatic practice.For this,the paper will select three landlocked-state's diplomatic practice as the typical case.The three country are Mongolia,Nepal and Ethiopia,and we can through the experiences of them to know the ocean dilemma which the landlocked states face to,and the realistic significance of their diplomatic practice on their maritime rights and interests.We generally classify the country as island country,coastal country and landlocked country by the degree of distance that they are from the ocean.Attributing to the convenience on geography,the island country and coastal country own ocean and the rights to use ocean resources innately;In contrary to this,the landlocked states who account for nearly 20% of the countries all over the world are lack of the access and legal basis to use the sea only because of the disadvantage on the geography.But with the deepening of globalization and world trade relations,the landlocked states have to seek the opportunity to go to the ocean,so in this case,how can the landlocked states enter the sea? How does the landlocked-state try to obtain their ocean interests? And how does the landlocked-state practice in diplomatic way? This essay deems that the landlocked states are mainly through two ways to obtain their maritime rights and interests: either bilateral negotiation or multilateral legislation.But no matter what the way it is,it all depends on the diplomatic activities.So which way is more effective and how does the interrelation between them will have great significance on the maritime rights and interests of landlocked-state and their diplomatic practice.