(1) UN Resolution 1974 which states that “It is necessary to ensure effective cooperation between countries through the establishment of adequate international standards for the conservation and harmonious exploitation of natural resources common to two or more States in the context of the normal relations existing between them”; (2) UN Charter of Economic Rights & Duties of States 1974 which states that “In the exploitation of natural resources shared by two or more countries, each State must cooperate on the basis of a system of information and prior consultations in order to achieve the optimum use of such resources without causing damage to the legitimate interest of others”;(3) 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea which states that “Pending agreement as provided under paragraph 1, the States concerned, in a spirit of understanding and cooperation shall make every effort to enter into provisional arrangements of a practical nature and, during this transitional period, not to jeopardize or hamper the reaching of the final agreement. Such arrangements shall be without prejudice to the final delimitation.”