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PART X RIGHT OF ACCESS OF LAND-LOCKEDSTATES TO AND FROM THE SEAAND FREEDOM OF TRANSIT
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Use of terms
1. For the purposes of this Convention:
(a) "land-locked State" means a State which has no sea-coast;
(b) "transit State" means a State, with or without a sea-coast, situated between a land-locked State and...
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