ch. 1. Introduction to the Report. Format of the Report : rationale for and uses of the Report ; Projections for the future ; Notes of thanks -- ch. 2. Table of abbreviated (short) citations and terms : conventions for citations -- ch. 3. Commentaries on formulating definitions for the 1982 Law of the Sea Convention. Plan and progression of the project / George K. Walker ; Sources of law, the 1982 Law of the Sea Convention, and the ABILA LOS Committee Definitions Project / George K. Walker ; The role and relationship of understandings, declarations and statements, also collectively known as Interpretative or interpretive statements, appended to the 1982 Law of the Sea Convention and the ABILA LOS Committee Definitions Project / George K. Walker ; Interpreting the 1982 Law of the Sea Convention and defining its terms / John E. Noyes ; "Words! Words! Words! : Dilemmas in definitions / George K. Walker -- ch. 4. Definitions for the Law of the Sea : terms not defined by the 1982 Convention. Preliminary observations ; Definitions for the 1982 Law of the Sea Convention -- ch. 5. Conclusions