right of innocent passage वाक्य

In the 1980s, US warships were passing through the straits from the Mediterranean into the Black Sea two or three times a year to " show the flag " and to claim the right of innocent passage in the coastal states.
Subsequently the U . S . Department of State found that unlike the English-language text of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, the Russian-language text of Article 22, paragraph 1 allowed the coastal state to regulate the right of innocent passage whenever necessary.
On 12 February 1988, while the Yorktown was exercising the " right of innocent passage " through Soviet territorial waters the Soviet Richard L . Armitage, acknowledged that the transit was not operationally necessary, but asserted that it was still a valid innocent passage under international law.
Affirming that the authorization provided in the resolution applies only to the situation in Somalia and shall not affect the rights and obligations under the Law of the Sea Convention, nor be considered as establishing customary international law, the Council also requested cooperating States to ensure that anti-piracy actions they undertake do not deny or impair the right of innocent passage to the ships of any third State.