l'61. For che purpose of evaluating the candidates and making recorunendations fortlre award of the fetlonship or felro,ships, the qiriaterines irovide for an advisorypaner of eight eminent persons ln international reracions and che Law of the sea,nho rrill be nominat€d annually by tbe Speclal Repregentative of thesecr etary-General for the La* of the sea. The anard of the felloirship (s) wirl be|oade on the basie of tbe evaruation and r ecotflnendations of the advisoiy paner. rnthe aelection of the recipient(s) of the felt-ouship, conaideration wllt- be given,in principle, to as€uring that all councries and g€ographic regions would benefitfron the auard of tbe fellorship. No award will be nade in any year or in trogucces8iv€ yeara to candidates from the sane countries. 162. The fellorshlp prograrnme wirl incrucre a period of speciarized training aE ourinatitutlon and research in the offlce of che speciar Representative for ehe La, ofthe Sea,\/r0/e23 English Page 41 NoEes ' y official Records of the Thiril United Nations conference on the Lan of the/ Sea, vol. XVII (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.84.v.3), document A/CONE .62/L22. U Those states were Belgium. the Byeloruseian sovlet socialist Republic, the German Denocratic Republic, the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, the Unlonof Soviet Soclalist Republics and Uruguay. y European Econonlc Connunlty. !/ Uniteal Natlons publlcation, Sales No. E.85.v.5. y EquatoriaL Guineat the German Denocralic Republicl Madagascar t the Netherlands and Senegal. V The German Democrat.ic Republic I Germany' Federal Republic oft and the Netherlands. U Equatorial Guinea and France. I! nay be noted that the Prench Decree No. 85-185 of 6 February 1985 contains a detail-ed set of rules regulating the passage of foreign shlps through French terrltorial seas. C/ States wlth a lz-rnile territorial sea arer Algeriat Anligua and Barbudai ' Bangladeshi Barbadosi Bulgarlat Burmat canaatai cape verdei Chinat Colonbiat conoros, Cook lalandst costa Ricat cubat Cyprust Democralic Kanpucheat Democratic Yeneni Djiboutit Dominicat Egyplt Eguator ial Guinear Ethiopia, Fijit Francet the Gambtat Gernan Democratic Republic, crenadat cuatemalat Guineai Guinea-Bissaui Guyanat Haltit Eondurast lcelandt rndiat Indonesia, tran (Islanic Republic of)t Iragt lCaly, the lvory Coast (CAte drlvoire) t Jamaicat Japant Kenyai Kulfaitt Libyan Arab Janahiriyat Madagascar t Malaysiat Maldivest l,tal .at Mauritiusi Mexicot Monacot Mor@cot Mozanbiquei Naurut Netherlandsi Nen Zealand; Niuet Omant Pakistani Papua
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the fellowship program and its selection process, focusing on international relations and the Law of the Sea. The mention of countries and geographic regions suggests a global scope, and the emphasis on specialized training and research implies a scientific or academic context.

**Category**
International relations, Science and technology