SUBMISSION
IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE DEPOSIT OBLIGATIONS
PURSUANT TO THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE LAW
OF THE SEA (UNCLOS)
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M.Z.N.
46. 2004. LOS of 12 March 2004: Deposit of the
list of geographical coordinates of points defining the
outer limits of a zone adjacent to the territorial sea
of the British Indian Ocean Territory, known as the
Environment (Protection and Preservation) Zone,
established for that Territory by Proclamation No. 1 of
17 September 2003
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M.Z.N.100.2014.LOS
of 4 February 2014: Deposit by the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, pursuant to
articles 75, paragraph 2, and 84, paragraph 2, of the
Convention.
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M.Z.N.150.2019.LOS
of 6 December 2019: Deposit of charts and lists of
geographical coordinates of points concerning the outer
limits of the exclusive economic zones of (i) Ascension
Island, (ii) St. Helena Island and (iii) Tristan da
Cunha Islands.
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Communications
received by the Secretary-General in connection with
the deposit of charts and/or lists of geographical
coordinates of points
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Mauritius: Communication from the
Government of Mauritius dated 14 April 2004, containing
Statement of the position of the Government of Mauritius
with respect to the deposit by the United Kingdom
(M.Z.N. 46. 2004. LOS of 12 March 2004) of a list of
geographical coordinates (LOSIC
No. 20 and Law
of the Sea Bulletin No. 54)
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France: Communication from the
Permanent Mission of France dated 14 January 2019 with
respect to the deposit by the United Kingdom
(M.Z.N.100.2014.LOS of 4 February 2014) of lists of
geographical coordinates English
| French
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CONTINENTAL SHELF BEYOND 200 NAUTICAL MILES FROM THE BASELINES FROM
WHICH THE BREADTH OF THE TERRITORIAL SEA IS MEASURED
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Joint submission by France, Ireland, Spain and the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to
the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf
made on 19 May 2006 - in the area of the Celtic Sea
and the Bay of Biscay |
Submission to the Commission on the Limits of the
Continental Shelf made on 9 May 2008 - Ascension
Island |
Submission
to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf
made on 31 March 2009 - in respect of Hatton Rockall
Area |
Submission
to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf
made on 11 May 2009 - in respect of the Falkland
Islands, and of South Georgia and the South Sandwich
Islands |
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OTHER
INFORMATION
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Legislation
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Territorial Waters Jurisdiction
Act, 1878
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Territorial Waters Order in
Council 1964
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Continental Shelf Act 1964 of 15
April 1964
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Continental Shelf (Designation
of Areas) Order 1964 (12 May 1964)
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Continental Shelf (Designation
of Additional Areas) Order 1965 (No. 1531; 3 August
1965)
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Continental Shelf (Designation
of Additional Areas) Order 1968 (No. 891; 1 June 1968)
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Continental Shelf (Jurisdiction)
Order 1968 (No. 892 - 7 June 1968)
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Continental Shelf (Designation
of Additional Areas) Order 1971
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Continental Shelf (Jurisdiction
Amendment) Order 1971
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Continental Shelf (Designation
of Additional Areas) Order 1974
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Continental Shelf (Jurisdiction
Amendment) Order 1974
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Territorial Waters (Amendment)
Order in Council 1979, 23 May 1979
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Declaration on the Conservation
of Fish Stocks and on Maritime Jurisdiction around the
Falkland Islands of 29 October 1986 Proclamation No. 4
of 1986
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Falkland Islands - The Fisheries
(Conservation and Management) Ordinance 1986
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Territorial Sea Act 1987
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1989 No. 482 Territorial Sea -
The Territorial Sea (Limits) Order 1989
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Proclamation
(Maritime Zone) No. 1 of 1993 (South Georgia and the
South Sandwich Islands) |
Proclamation extending the
Falkland Islands Outer Conservation Zone, 22 August
1994
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Proclamation, No. 1 of 1994 |
Proclamation establishing an
Excusive Economic Zone (Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and
Oeno Islands), Proclamation No. 1 of 1997
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The
Fishery Limits Order 1999, 22 June 1999 |
The
Continental Shelf (Designation of Areas) Order 1999,
21 July 1999 |
Proclamation No.
1 of 17 September 2003 establishing the Environment
(Protection and Preservation) Zone for the British Indian
Ocean Territory (see Law of
the Sea Bulletin 54, p. 99) |
British Indian
Ocean Territory Environment (Protection
and Preservation) Zone, 17 September 2003 (see Law of
the Sea Bulletin 54,
p. 100) |
The Continental
Shelf (Designation of Areas) (Consolidation) Order 2000
(Statutory Instrument 2000 No. 3062) (see
Law of the Sea Bulletin no. 66) |
The Continental
Shelf (Designation of Areas) Order 2001 (Statutory
Instrument 2001 No. 3670) (see
Law of the Sea Bulletin no. 66) |
The Virgin
Islands (Territorial Sea) Order 2007 (Statutory Instrument
2007 No. 2141) (see
Statutory Instruments) |
The Anguilla
(Territorial Sea) Order 2007 (Statutory Instrument 2007
No. 2916) (see
Statutory Instruments) |
Marine
and Coastal Access Act 2009 |
Legal Notice No. 1 of 2017
establishing the outer limits of the Exclusive Economic
Zone of Tristan da Cunha Islands |
Legal Notice No. 2 of 2017
establishing the outer limits of the Exclusive Economic
Zone of Ascension Island |
Legal Notice No. 16 of 2017
establishing the outer limits of the Exclusive Economic
Zone of St. Helena Islands |
Maritime
boundary delimitation agreements
and other material
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with Belgium
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Agreement
between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the
Kingdom of Belgium relating to the delimitation of the
continental shelf between the two countries (with annex
and exchange of letters), 29 May 1991 (entry into
force:14 May 1993; registration #: 31712; registration date: 21 April 1995;
link to UNTS) |
Exchange of Notes
between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the
Kingdom of Belgium amending the Agreement of 29 May 1991
relating to the Delimitation of the Continental Shelf
under the North Sea between the Two Countries, Brussels,
21 March 2005 and 7 June 2005 (see Law
of the Sea Bulletin No.66)
(entry
into force: 2 October 2006; registration #: 31712;
registration date: 24 January 2008;
link to UNTS) |
with Cyprus
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Treaty
between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland, the Hellenic Republic, the Republic of Turkey
and the Republic of Cyprus concerning the Establishment
of the Republic of Cyprus (Annex A of Original
Agreement), 16 August 1960 (entry into force: 16
August 1960; registration #: 5476; registration
date: 12 December 1960;
link to UNTS) |
Treaty
between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland, the Hellenic Republic, the Republic of Turkey and
the Republic of Cyprus concerning the Establishment of the
Republic of Cyprus, 16 August 1960. Exchange
of notes (with Declaration) between the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Cyprus
concerning the administration of the Sovereign Base
Areas referred to in Article 1 of the above-mentioned
Treaty, 16 August 1960 (entry into force: 16 August
1960; registration #: 5476; registration date: 12 December
1960;
link to UNTS) |
Treaty
between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland, the Hellenic Republic, the Republic of Turkey and
the Republic of Cyprus concerning the Establishment of the
Republic of Cyprus, 16 August 1960. Exchange
of notes between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland and Cyprus concerning the future of the
Sovereign Base Areas referred to in article 1 of the
above-mentioned Treaty, 16 August 1960 (entry into
force: 16 August 1960; registration #: 5476; registration
date: 12 December 1960;
link to UNTS) |
with Denmark
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Agreement
between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the
Kingdom of Denmark relating to the delimitation of the
continental shelf between the two countries, 3 March
1966 (entry into force: 6 February 1967; registration #: 8574; registration date: 17 March 1967; terminated 7 December 1972;
link to UNTS) |
Agreement
between the Government of the Kingdom of Denmark and the
Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland relating to the delimitation of the
continental shelf between the two countries, 25
November 1971 (entry into force: 7 December 1972;
registration #: 12280; registration date: 22 January 1973;
link to UNTS) |
Agreement
between the Government of the Kingdom of Denmark
together with the Home Government of the Faroe Islands,
on the one hand, and the Government of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, on the
other hand, relating to Maritime Delimitation in the
Area between the Faroe Islands and the United Kingdom,
18 May 1999 (entry into force: 21 July 1999;
link to UNTS) |
with France
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Agreement
between the Government of the French Republic and the
Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland relating to the delimitation of the
continental shelf in the area east of 30 minutes west of
the Greenwich Meridian, 24 June 1982 (entry into
force: 4 February 1983; registration #: 21923;
registration date: 31 May 1983;
link to UNTS) |
Exchange
of notes constituting an agreement amending the
above-mentioned Agreement, Paris, 21 and 27 March
1990 (entry into force: 27 March 1990; registration #:
21923; registration date: 30 October 1990;
link to UNTS) |
Convention
on maritime boundaries between the Government of the
French Republic (Tuamotu Archipelago) and the Government
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland (Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie, Oeno Islands),
25 October 1983 (entry into force: 12 April 1984;
registration #: 23067; registration date: 4 September
1984;
link to UNTS) |
Agreement
between the Government of the French Republic and the
Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland relating to the delimitation of the
territorial sea in the Straits of Dover, 2 November
1988 (entry into force: 6 April 1989; registration #:
26858; registration date: 6 October 1989;
link to UNTS) |
Agreement
between the Government of the French Republic and the
Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland relating to the completion of the
delimitation of the continental shelf in the southern
North Sea, 23 July 1991 (entry into force: 17 March
1992; registration #: 29182; registration date: 22 October
1992;
link to UNTS) |
Exchange of
notes constituting an agreement concerning the activities
of fishermen in the vicinity of the Channel Islands and
the French coast of the Cotentin Peninsula and, in
particular, on the Schole Bank (with annex and lists), 10
July 1992 (entry into force: 10 July 1992; registration
#: 30858; registration date: 28 March 1994;
link to UNTS) |
Exchange
of notes constituting an agreement concerning the
creation and delimitation of an economic zone around the
Islands of Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno, 17
December 1992 and 19 January 1993 (entry into force: 1
February 1993; registration #: 30859; registration date:
28 March 1994;
link to UNTS) |
Exchange
of notes constituting an agreement concerning
negotiations on the line of maritime delimitation in the
area lying between Jersey and France (with map), 28
January 1994 (entry into force: 28 January 1994;
registration #: 30931; registration date: 29 April 1994;
link to UNTS) |
Agreement
on maritime delimitation between the Government of the
French Republic and the Government of the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Northern Ireland concerning
Guadeloupe and Montserrat, 27 June 1996 (entry into
force: 15 January 1997; registration #: 36143;
registration date: 7 October 1999;
link to UNTS) |
Agreement
on maritime delimitation between the Government of the
French Republic and the Government of the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Northern Ireland concerning Saint
Martin and Saint Barthelemy on one hand, and Anguilla on
the other, 27 June 1996 (entry into force: 15
January 1997; registration #: 36144; registration date: 7
October 1999;
link to UNTS) |
Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the French Republic concerning the establishment of a maritime boundary between France and Jersey, 4 July 2000 (entry into force: 1 January 2004; registration #: 40415; registration date: 6 July 2004;
link to UNTS) |
with Germany
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Agreement
between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland and the Federal Republic of Germany relating to
the delimitation of the continental shelf under the
North Sea between the two countries (with chart); 25
November 1971 (entry into force: 7 December 1972;
registration #: 12626; registration date: 19 June1973;
link to UNTS) |
with
Cyprus, Greece and Türkiye
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Treaty
between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland, the Hellenic Republic, the Republic of Turkey
and the Republic of Cyprus concerning the Establishment
of the Republic of Cyprus (Annex A of Original
Agreement), 16 August 1960 (entry into force: 16
August 1960; registration #: 5476; registration
date: 12 December 1960;
link to UNTS) |
Treaty
between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland, the Hellenic Republic, the Republic of Turkey and
the Republic of Cyprus concerning the Establishment of the
Republic of Cyprus, 16 August 1960. Exchange
of notes (with Declaration) between the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Cyprus
concerning the administration of the Sovereign Base
Areas referred to in Article 1 of the above-mentioned
Treaty, 16 August 1960 (entry into force: 16 August
1960; registration #: 5476; registration date: 12 December
1960;
link to UNTS) |
Treaty
between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland, the Hellenic Republic, the Republic of Turkey and
the Republic of Cyprus concerning the Establishment of the
Republic of Cyprus, 16 August 1960. Exchange
of notes between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland and Cyprus concerning the future of the
Sovereign Base Areas referred to in article 1 of the
above-mentioned Treaty, 16 August 1960 (entry into
force: 16 August 1960; registration #: 5476; registration
date: 12 December 1960;
link to UNTS) |
with Honduras
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Treaty
between the Government of the Republic of Honduras and
the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Northern Ireland concerning the delimitation of the
maritime areas between the Cayman Islands and the
Republic of Honduras, 4 December 2001 (entry into
force: 1 March 2002; registration #: 39224; registration
date: 4 March 2003;
link to UNTS) |
with Ireland
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Agreement
between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the
Republic of Ireland concerning the delimitation of areas
of the continental shelf between the two countries,
7 November 1988 (entry into force: 11 January 1990;
registration #: 27204; registration date: 3 May 1990;
link to UNTS) |
Protocol
supplementary to the agreement between the Government of
Ireland and the Government of the United Kingdom
concerning the delimitation of areas of the continental
shelf between the two countries (7 November 1988), 8
December 1992 (entry into force: 26 March 1993;
registration #: A-27204; registration date: 14 October
1993;
link to UNTS) |
Exchange
of Notes dated 18 October 2001 and 31 October 2001
between the Government of Ireland and the Government of
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
constituting an agreement pursuant to Article 83 paragraph
3 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
1982 on the provisional delimitation of an area of the
continental shelf (entry into force: on 31 October
2001; registration#: 41152; registration date: 7 April
2005;
link to UNTS) |
Agreement between the Government of Ireland and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland establishing a single maritime boundary between the exclusive economic zones of the two countries and parts of their continental shelves 28 March 2013 (entry into force: 31 March 2014; registration #: 51870; registration date: 9 May 2014;
link to UNTS) |
with Netherlands
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Agreement
between the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland relating to the
delimitation of the continental shelf under the North
Sea between the two countries, 6 October 1965 (entry
into force: 23 December 1966; registration #: 8616;
registration date: 17 April 1967;
link to UNTS) |
Agreement
between the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland relating to the
exploitation of single geological structures extending
across the dividing line on the continental shelf under
the North Sea, 6 October 1965 (entry into force: 23
December 1966; registration #: 8615; registration date: 17
April 1967;
link to UNTS) |
Protocol
between the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland amending the Agreement of 6
October 1965 relating to the delimitation of the
continental shelf under the North Sea between the two
countries, 25 November 1971 (entry into force: 7
December 1972; registration #: 8616; registration date: 13
March 1973;
link to UNTS) |
Exchange of
Notes between the Government of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of
the Kingdom of the Netherlands amending the Agreement of 6
October 1965 relating to the Delimitation of the
Continental Shelf under the North Sea between the Two
Countries as amended by the Protocol of 25 November 1971,
The Hague, 28 January and 7 June 2004, (Law
of the Sea Bulletin no. 66) (entry into
force: 10 January 2006; registration #: 8616; registration date: 1 September
2006;
link to UNTS) |
with Norway
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Agreement
between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the
Kingdom of Norway relating to the delimitation of the
continental shelf between the two countries, 10
March 1965 (entry into force: 29 June 1965; registration
#: 8043; registration date: 14 January 1966;
link to UNTS) |
Protocol
supplementary to the Agreement of 10 March 1965 between
the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Kingdom
of Norway relating to the delimitation of the
continental shelf between the two countries, 22
December 1978 (entry into force: 20 February 1980;
registration #: 8043; registration date: 24 October 1980;
link to UNTS) |
with the United States of America
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Exchange
of notes constituting an agreement between the United
States of America and the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland relating to the
delimitation of the area within territorial waters
adjacent to the leased naval base at Argentia,
Newfoundland (with annex), 13 August and 23 October
1947 (entry into force: 23 October 1947; registration #:
859; registration date: 3 July 1950;
link to UNTS) |
Treaty
on the delimitation in the Caribbean of a maritime
boundary relating to Puerto Rico/U.S. Virgin Islands and
the British Virgin Islands, 5 November 1993 (entry
into force: 1 June 1995; registration #: 32637;
registration date: 23 February 1996;
link to UNTS) |
Treaty
between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the
United States of America on the delimitation in the
Caribbean of a maritime boundary between the US Virgin
Islands and Anguilla, 5 November 1993 (entry into
force: 1 June 1995; registration #: 32636; registration
date: 23 February 1996;
link to UNTS) |
Additional relevant material |
France
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Agreement on
Arbitration signed on 10 July 1975 |
Arbitration
award relating the Shelf boundary in the Western Channel
approaches (France, United Kingdom), Court of arbitration,
30 June 1977 |
Arbitration
award relating the scope of the decision of the 30 June
1977 (France, United Kingdom), Court of arbitration,14
March 1978 |
Iceland (see
ICJ web site)
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Case concerning
the fisheries jurisdiction (United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland and Iceland), International
Court of Justice, 25 July 1974 |
Dominican Republic
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Text of a joint
demarche undertaken by the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Northern Ireland and the United States of
America in relation to the law of the Dominican Republic
number 66-07 of 22 May 2007, done on 18 October 2007 (Law
of the Sea Bulletin no. 66) |
Other
Communications
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S/2019/589:
Letter dated 20 July 2019 from the Chargé d’affaires a.i.
of the Permanent Mission of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland to the United Nations
addressed to the President of the Security Council. |
S/2019/593:Letter
dated 23 July 2019 from the Chargé d’ affaires a.i. of the
Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the
United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General and the
President of the Security Council. |