Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf
(CLCS)
Outer limits of the continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles from the
baselines:
Submissions to the Commission:
Submission by Barbados
Updated
on 05 July 2012
On 25 July 2011, Barbados
transmitted to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf, in
accordance with article 76, paragraph 8, of the United Nations Convention on the
Law of the Sea, and pursuant to Annex II to the Convention, a revised submission
on the limits of the continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles from the
baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured.
In accordance with the Rules of
Procedure of the Commission, a communication is being circulated to all Member
States of the United Nations, as well as States Parties to the Convention, in
order to make public the executive summary of the revised submission, including
all charts and coordinates contained in that summary.
The consideration of the revised
submission made by Barbados will be included in the provisional agenda of the
twenty-ninth session of the Commission, to be held in New York in March-April
2012.
Upon completion of the consideration
of the submission, the Commission shall make recommendations pursuant to article
76 of the Convention.
It is noted that the Convention
entered into force for Barbados on 16 November 1994. Barbados made its original
submission to the Commission on 8 May 2008. On 15 April 2010, the Commission
adopted the “Recommendations of the Commission on the Limits of the Continental
Shelf in regard to the Submission made by Barbados on 8 May 2008.”
Revised Submission (2011)
Summary of the Recommendations (2012)
Pursuant to section V. paragraph 11 (3) of Annex III to the Rules of Procedures of the Commission, the summary of the Recommendations is hereby made public.
Summary of the Recommendations
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Continental Shelf Notification |
English
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Français |
Executive summary |
English amended 31 January 2012 |
REFERENCES:
Summary of the
Recommendations (2010)
Pursuant to section V. paragraph 11 (3) of Annex III to the
Rules of Procedures of the Commission,
the summary of the
Recommendations is hereby made public.
Summary of the Recommendations
Submission (2008)
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Continental Shelf Notification |
English
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Français |
Executive summary |
English |
Reaction of States to the submission made by Barbados to the
Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf |
Suriname |
Note
dated 7 August 2008:
English |
Trinidad and Tobago |
Note
dated 11 August 2008:
English |
Venezuela |
Note
dated 17 September 2008:
English |
French |
Spanish |
Note:
The designations employed in the submissions, including description of the
areas, are as contained in the communications from submitting States or in the
executive summaries. Their listing on this web site and the presentation of
material do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of
the Secretariat of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any
country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the
delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.
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