(December 17, 2015, 1:48 PM EST) -- HAMBURG, Germany — The president of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) on Dec. 9 gave an annual statement, noting that cases filed with the ITLOS continued to increase this year.

The ITLOS said Judge Vladimir Golitsyn's statement was given before the General Assembly of the United Nations on Dec. 8 during the assembly's debate on "Oceans and the law of the sea."

Statement

Judge Golitsyn noted that Judge Vicente Marotta Rangel from Brazil had resigned as a member of the tribunal....