UN General Assembly
1974

27. Nepal, together with other landlocked and geographically disadvantaged countries, has made its viewpoint sufficiently clear on the main questions affecting its interests in relation to the sea and its resources. The foremost interest of all landlocked countries, including Nepal, is the international recognition of their rights to free and unrestricted access to and from the sea. This is a prerequisite for the promotion and diversification of the trade and economic development of a landlocked country. Provisions for the right of transit through coastal countries and for port facilities, including the construction and maintenance of warehouses at the port to provide storage for goods in transit and facilities for the transport of goods, are the matters of vital importance for the landlocked countries which should find accommodation in the convention on the law of the sea.