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For the purposes of this Agreement:
a) “Convention” means the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982;
b) “Statute” means the Statute of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea in annex VI to the Convention;
c) “States Parties” means States Parties to this Agreement;
d) “Tribunal” means the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea;
e) “Member of the Tribunal” means an elected member of the Tribunal or a person chosen under article 17 of the Statute for the purpose of a particular case;
f) “Registrar” means the Registrar of the Tribunal and includes any official of the Tribunal acting as Registrar;
g) “officials of the Tribunal” means the Registrar and other members of the staff of the Registry;
h) “Vienna Convention” means the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of 18 April 1961.