♤ CLCS is one of the three institutions created by the UNCLOS.

♤ The purpose of the CLCS is to facilitate the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (the Convention) in respect of the establishment of the outer limits of the continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles (M) from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured.

♤ It has 21 Members with a term of five years.