Submissions, through the Secretary-General of the United Nations, to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf, pursuant to article 76, paragraph 8, of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982

Updated on 30 October 2009

Please note that submissions are listed in the order received. Please also note that 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.

  Submission by [State] Date of submission Presentation
to the CLCS* 		Subcommission established Recommendations adopted on
1. Russian Federation 20 December 2001 See CLCS/32 See CLCS/32 27 June 2002
2. Brazil 17 May 2004 See CLCS/32 See CLCS/32 4 April 2007
3. Australia 15 November 2004 See CLCS/44 See CLCS/44 9 April 2008
4. Ireland - Porcupine Abyssal Plain 25 May 2005 See CLCS/48 See CLCS/48 5 April 2007
5. New Zealand 19 April 2006 See CLCS/52 See CLCS/52 22 August 2008
6. Joint submission by France, Ireland, Spain and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - in the area of the Celtic Sea and the Bay of Biscay 19 May 2006 See CLCS/52 See CLCS/52 24 March 2009
7. Norway - in the North East Atlantic and the Arctic 27 November 2006 See CLCS/54 See CLCS/54 27 March 2009
8. France - in respect of the areas of French Guiana and New Caledonia 22 May 2007 See CLCS/56 See CLCS/56 2 September 2009
9. Mexico - in respect of the western polygon in the Gulf of Mexico 13 December 2007 See CLCS/58 See CLCS/58 31 March 2009
10. Barbados 8 May 2008 See CLCS/60 See CLCS/62  
11. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - Ascension Island 9 May 2008 See CLCS/60 See CLCS/62  
12. Indonesia - North West of Sumatra Island 16 June 2008 See CLCS/62 See CLCS/62  
13. Japan 12 November 2008 See CLCS/62 See CLCS/64  
14. Joint submission by  the Republic of Mauritius and the Republic of Seychelles - in the region of the Mascarene Plateau 1 December 2008 See CLCS/62    
15. Suriname 5 December 2008 See CLCS/64    
16. Myanmar 16 December 2008 See CLCS/64    
17. France - areas of the French Antilles and the Kerguelen Islands 5 February 2009      
18. Yemen - in respect of south east of Socotra Island 20 March 2009      
19. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - in respect of Hatton Rockall Area 31 March 2009 See CLCS/64    
20. Ireland - in respect of Hatton-Rockall Area 31 March 2009 See CLCS/64    
21. Uruguay  7 April 2009 See CLCS/64    
22. Philippines - in the Benham Rise region 8 April 2009 See CLCS/64    
23. The Cook Islands - concerning the Manihiki Plateau 16 April 2009 See CLCS/64    
24. Fiji 20 April 2009 See CLCS/64    
25. Argentina 21 April 2009 See CLCS/64    
26. Ghana 28 April 2009 See CLCS/64    
27. Iceland - in the Ægir Basin area and in the western and southern parts of Reykjanes Ridge 29 April 2009      
28. Denmark - in the area north of the Faroe Islands 29 April 2009 See CLCS/64    
29. Pakistan 30 April 2009      
30. Norway - in respect of Bouvetøya and Dronning Maud Land 4 May 2009      
31. South Africa - in respect of the mainland of the territory of the Republic of South Africa 5 May 2009      
32. Joint submission by the Federated States of Micronesia, Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands - concerning the Ontong Java Plateau 5 May 2009      
33. Joint submission by Malaysia and Viet Nam - in the southern part of the South China Sea 6 May 2009 See CLCS/64    
34. Joint submission by France and South Africa - in the area of the Crozet Archipelago and the Prince Edward Islands 6 May 2009      
35. Kenya 6 May 2009 See CLCS/64    
36. Mauritius - in the region of Rodrigues Island 6 May 2009 See CLCS/64    
37. Viet Nam - in North Area (VNM-N) 7 May 2009 See CLCS/64    
38. Nigeria 7 May 2009 See CLCS/64    
39. Seychelles - concerning the Northern Plateau Region 7 May 2009 See CLCS/64    
40. France - in respect of La Réunion Island and Saint-Paul and Amsterdam Islands 8 May 2009      
41. Palau 8 May 2009      
42. Côte d'Ivoire 8 May 2009 See CLCS/64    
43. Sri Lanka 8 May 2009      
44. Portugal 11 May 2009      
45. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - in respect of the Falkland Islands, and of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands 11 May 2009      
46. Tonga 11 May 2009      
47. Spain - in respect of the area of Galicia 11 May 2009      
48. India 11 May 2009      
49. Trinidad and Tobago 12 May 2009      
50. Namibia 12 May 2009      
51. Cuba 1 June 2009      

*Presentation of the submission by coastal State representatives at a session of the Commission. Rule 52 of and section II, paragraph 2, of Annex III to the rules of procedure of the Commission (CLCS/40/Rev.1) refer.

 

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