This is the third volume of this Yearbook, which brings together the most important documents relating to maritime issues produced by a wide range of international organizations during, or concerning, 1987. Whereas the first two volumes limited themselves to international organizations established under the umbrella of the United Nations, the latest volume incorporates materials from the World Meterological Organization (WMO), the Asian-African Legal Consultative Committee (AALCC), the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the Indian Ocean Marine Affairs Co-operation Conference (IOMAC) and the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS). One suspects that not all of the non-UN regional intergovernmental organizations will be as familiar to the user as are the UN organizations covered. These are, in addition to the UN itself, the FAO, ICAO, ILO, IMO, UNCTAD, UNEP and UNESCO. While the inclusion of the non-UN organizations is, on balance, to be welcomed, since it does serve to broaden the horizons of those who might otherwise remain in ignorance of their activities and of their contribution to the development of the law of the sea, it does, however, raise a number of questions, chiefly connected with bulk.

If nothing else, the Yearbook stands eloquent testimony to the vast amount of material that is generated concerning the law of the sea. The Yearbook is almost as notable for the lists of materials it does not include as for the impressive amount of material which is. For example, only 17 of the 77 UN and eight of the 66 IMO documents listed are included. Sensibly, the emphasis is upon final Reports, Resolutions and Statements, as opposed to working papers and preparatory materials, although this is perhaps taken a little far in the case of the OECS Workshop on Maritime Delimitation: the statement and Press Notice included do little more in their four pages than declare that it took place.

The Editors have limited the range of the non-UN intergovernmental organizations