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Ghost Dog

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39. Here is the UN CLCS press release:
Tue Mar 29, 2016, 03:23 AM
Mar 2016

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Commission on Limits of Continental Shelf Concludes Fortieth Session

ROUND-UP RELEASE

http://www.un.org/press/en/2016/sea2030.doc.htm

NEW YORK, 28 March 2016 (Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea) — The Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf held its fortieth session at United Nations Headquarters from 1 February to 18 March 2016.  Besides the two weeks of plenary meetings (8 to 12 February and 7 to 11 March), the Commission, working through its subcommissions, devoted five weeks to the technical examination of submissions at the Geographic Information Systems laboratories and other technical facilities of the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea.

The active subcommissions continued their work during the fortieth session.  These were the subcommissions established for consideration of the submissions made by Brazil in respect of the Brazilian Southern Region (partial revised submission); Norway in respect of Bouvetøya and Dronning Maud Land; South Africa in respect of the mainland of the territory of South Africa; the Federated States of Micronesia, Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands, jointly, concerning the Ontong Java Plateau; France and South Africa, jointly, in the area of the Crozet Archipelago and the Prince Edward Islands; Kenya; Mauritius in the region of Rodrigues Island; and Nigeria.  Some subcommissions met with the respective delegations.

At the plenary level, the Commission adopted, without a vote, two sets of recommendations, namely the recommendations in respect to the submission made by Argentina, and the recommendations in respect to the submission made by Iceland in respect of the Ægir Basin area and in the western and southern parts of Reykjanes Ridge.  With regard to the recommendations in respect of the submission made by Argentina, it is recalled that, previously, the Commission had already decided that it was not in a position to consider and qualify those parts of the submission that were subject to dispute and those parts that were related to the continental shelf appurtenant to Antarctica (see CLCS/64, paras. 76 and 77 and CLCS/76 para. 57).

The Commission also continued, at the plenary level, its consideration of draft recommendations in respect to the submission made by the Cook Islands, concerning the Manihiki Plateau and commenced its consideration of draft recommendations in respect to the submission made by Uruguay.

The Russian Federation, headed by Sergei E. Donskoi, Minister for Natural Resources and Environment, presented its partial revised submission in respect of the Arctic Ocean before the plenary of the Commission.  The Commission assigned the examination of the submission to the subcommission established to consider the submission made by the Russian Federation on 20 December 2001.

Also, the Commission established a new subcommission to consider the submission made by Seychelles concerning the Northern Plateau Region, which has begun its work.

The Commission decided that it would hold three weeks of plenary meetings during the forty-third session in order to consider draft recommendations submitted to the plenary before the term of office of the current members expires in June 2017.

Details of the fortieth session will be reflected in the Statement by the Chairperson of the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf on the progress of work in the Commission, which will be issued as document CLCS/93.

For additional information on the work of the Commission, see the website of the Division atwww.un.org/Depts/los/index.htm.

OCEANS AND LAW OF THE SEA

For information media. Not an official record.
It is a very large continental shelf. Ghost Dog Mar 2016 #1
The folks at Google have really outdone themselves with Google Earth. forest444 Mar 2016 #4
I do think this is correct (pssst: for Uruguay too!). Ghost Dog Mar 2016 #12
That's the rub, isn't it. forest444 Mar 2016 #15
Ah. Fishing is a very immediate issue Ghost Dog Mar 2016 #17
Beautiful! forest444 Mar 2016 #23
Yes. Here, I have made very good friends from both countries, Ghost Dog Mar 2016 #24
You're a true man (or lady) of the world. forest444 Mar 2016 #26
With you too, forest444. Man of the world in no way, except Ghost Dog Mar 2016 #38
The Falklands still have their 200 mile economic zone hack89 Mar 2016 #2
Well, it means the western half of said zone is now illegal per international laws of the sea. forest444 Mar 2016 #3
No, that is not what it says hack89 Mar 2016 #5
That's exactly what it says, whether you know it - and like it - or not. forest444 Mar 2016 #6
The proper thing would be to let the people of the Falklands decide hack89 Mar 2016 #7
On the sovereignty dispute perhaps - which this ruling does not impact at all. forest444 Mar 2016 #8
As regards Diego Garcia, I/we doubt British people, nor governments Ghost Dog Mar 2016 #14
That's a good point. forest444 Mar 2016 #21
. Ghost Dog Mar 2016 #25
I did! forest444 Mar 2016 #28
Wasn't the population of Argentina mostly "implanted" from Spain? Nye Bevan Mar 2016 #34
During the French Revolutionary years Ghost Dog Mar 2016 #37
Nope. Everything from Argentina to Antarctica is now Argentina's, except for the 12 mile bubble. Xithras Mar 2016 #9
Excellent find. Thank you, Xithras. forest444 Mar 2016 #10
Well, I wouldn't go that far Xithras Mar 2016 #13
The part of the UN decision covering seafloor around South Georgia Ghost Dog Mar 2016 #36
Argentina has recognized a 160 mile exclusionary fishing zone around the Falklands hack89 Mar 2016 #11
Come to some agreement. Naturally. Ghost Dog Mar 2016 #16
I don't know about that. Argentina may be more willing to negotiate now. Xithras Mar 2016 #18
I think the big deal for the Falklands is the fisheries hack89 Mar 2016 #19
You exaggerate, Xithras. There is no connection Ghost Dog Mar 2016 #20
Nope. I copied that map straight off the UN website, right out of the approved proposal. Xithras Mar 2016 #22
Ok. "Those claims are independent of the Argentine continental shelf." Ghost Dog Mar 2016 #27
I'm just glad they have Michelle Bachelet there, not some Pinochet grease monkey like Piņera. forest444 Mar 2016 #29
Yes and no. Xithras Mar 2016 #30
I'm guessing the msp comes from Argentins's submission, Ghost Dog Mar 2016 #40
That's insane. That area is bigger than the entirety of Argentina itself. NT Adrahil Mar 2016 #35
Guardian: Falkland Islands lie in Argentinian waters, rules UN commission Judi Lynn Mar 2016 #31
Excellent update. Thank you, Judi. forest444 Mar 2016 #32
I think it all just depends on what christx30 Mar 2016 #33
No the British won't comply forest. Its a non-binding decision of the UN. Britain isn't going Bacchus4.0 Mar 2016 #44
Here is the UN CLCS press release: Ghost Dog Mar 2016 #39
So Macri and his minister appear to be exaggerating, Ghost Dog Mar 2016 #41
US State Department cable in relation to Argentina's 2009 submission Ghost Dog Mar 2016 #42
So when does the invasion force land for Falklands War II? Blue_Tires Mar 2016 #43
Sometime during the middle of one of Cameron's wet dreams. forest444 Mar 2016 #46
Funny, given how much of a hard-on the Argie gov't has Blue_Tires Mar 2016 #47
Flag waving is key to all retail politics. forest444 Mar 2016 #48
UK Gov speaks: Ghost Dog Mar 2016 #45
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