The Council of Ministers of the Government of National Unity has announced that it is preparing a draft of a Resolution to extend national maritime borders from 12 to 24 nautical miles in accordance with Article 33 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) which was signed in Montego Bay on 10 December 1982 and which defines "Contiguous Zone" as that area of sea that may not extend beyond 24 nautical miles from the the basis from which the width of the territorial sea of the Status and within which it can prevent the breach customs and tax laws and regulations, immigration or health care and punish related violations of the laws and regulations committed in its own territory or in the sea territorial. Moreover, the 1982 Montego Bay Convention does not has still been ratified by Libya.