VII. The continental shelf

Definition of the continental shelf

To the south lies the European continental shelf and the North Sea, to the east is the Eurasian continental shelf with the Barents Sea.

The continental shelf and the work of the Commission

Its continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles, which is currently under examination by the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf, is estimated to be 953,525 square kilometres.

Article 2 of the Geneva Convention on the Continental Shelf states that the coastal State exercises over the continental shelf sovereign rights for the purpose of exploring it and exploiting its natural resources .

Information reported by the Chairman of the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf.

We note the important work of the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf.

(i) Mr. Peter F. Croker, Chairman of the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf.

However, there are no fixed platforms operating in the Exclusive Economic Zone Continental shelf of Mauritius.

We note with satisfaction the progress made by the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf.

Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Fixed Platforms Located on the Continental Shelf

Modus operandi for the consideration of a submission made to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf

Kuwait is also party to the Protocol concerning Marine Pollution Resulting from Exploration and Exploitation of the Continental Shelf.

(b) Desktop study or other means to make an assessment of the nature of the continental shelf and its limits

The Chairman of the Commission had invited representatives of GRID Arendal to make a presentation of its continental shelf facility.

Reference was made to the Truman Proclamation in one case considered by the Court, the North Sea Continental Shelf case.

We are pleased to note the progress in the work of the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf.

Last year, Australia lodged with the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf its submission on the outer limit of the shelf beyond 200 nautical miles from the territorial sea baseline.

(b) Desktop study or other means to make an initial assessment of the nature of the continental shelf and its limits

2. The continental shelf of a coastal State shall not extend beyond the limits provided for in paragraphs 4 to 6.

In its judgment in the North Sea Continental Shelf cases, the International Court of Justice also refers to the Truman Proclamation

Fiji is mindful of all its obligations under the Convention, in particular those relating to the limits of the continental shelf.

We furthermore encourage States to make additional contributions to the two voluntary continental shelf trust funds established by resolution 55 7.

The Commission shall make recommendations to coastal States on matters related to the establishment of the outer limits of their continental shelf.

Notification of the receipt of a submission and publication of the proposed outer limits of the continental shelf related to the submission

(a) Charts at an appropriate scale and coordinates indicating the outer limits of the continental shelf and the relevant territorial sea baselines

Statement by the Chairman of the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf on the progress of work in the Commission

The course covered the legal, procedural and scientific aspects of the process of delineation of the outer limits of the continental shelf.

In that regard, we would like to reiterate that India has the requisite expertise for assessment and mapping of the continental shelf.

Despite its proximity to the African continent, Zuqar Island is considered a part of Asia because it sits on the Asian continental shelf.

8. Information on the limits of the continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured shall be submitted by the coastal State to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf set up under Annex II on the basis of equitable geographical representation.

This year's draft resolution recognizes that the work of the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf will become increasingly significant as more States initiate the process of establishing the boundaries of their continental shelves.

My delegation welcomes the progress made by the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf in considering the submissions of several coastal States.

The Proclamation was later confirmed and complemented by the adoption of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act by the Congress of the United States.

These are large, up to in length (though most only reach about half that length), predatory fish inhabiting the waters of the continental shelf and upper continental slope, where they feed on small fish such as lanternfishes.

It follows from the above provisions of the Convention that a coastal State, which is entitled pursuant to the provisions of article 76 of the Convention to the continental shelf extending beyond 200 nautical miles, is required to submit to the Commission for its consideration information on the limits of its continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles.

Japan, a seafaring nation with a vast exclusive economic zone and continental shelf, is committed to the United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea and to the organs established under it, namely, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, the International Seabed Authority and the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf.

The question with regard to which the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) decided to seek a legal opinion reads as follows

Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Fixed Platforms Located on the Continental Shelf, concluded at Rome on 10 March 1988

1988 Protocol to the 10 March 1988 Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Fixed Platforms Located on the Continental Shelf

At its end, the participants demonstrated a general understanding of the process and procedures involved in the delineation of the outer limits of the continental shelf.

Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Fixed Platforms Located on the Continental Shelf (United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1678, No. 29004).

He recalled that the training manual was based on the Outline for a five day training course for delineation of the outer limits of the continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles and for preparation of a submission of a coastal State to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS 24 and Corr.1) prepared by the Commission in 2000.

The character as high seas of the waters above the continental shelf and the right to their free and unimpeded navigation are in no way thus affected .