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 Japan
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Updated
on 11 June 2012
On 12 November 2008, Japan submitted 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, information on the limits of its continental shelf beyond 200
nautical miles from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea
is measured.
It is noted that the Convention
entered into force for Japan on 20 July 1996.
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 submission, including
all charts and coordinates contained in that summary.
The consideration of the submission
made by Japan will be
included in the provisional agenda of the twenty-third session of the
Commission to be held in New York from 2 March to 9 April 2009.
Upon completion of the consideration
of the submission, the Commission will make recommendations pursuant to Article
76 of the Convention.
On 19 April 2012, the Commission
adopted by consensus the “Recommendations of the Commission on the Limits of the
Continental Shelf in regard to the submission made by Japan on 12 November
2008”.
Pursuant to article 6, paragraph 3,
of annex II to the Convention, the recommendations, including a summary
thereof, were submitted in writing to the coastal State and to the
Secretary-General on 26 April 2012.
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
Submission (2008)
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Continental Shelf Notification |
English
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Français |
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Executive summary |
English |
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Reaction
of States to the submission made by Japan to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf |
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United States of America |
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Note
dated 22 December 2008:
English |
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China |
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Note
dated 6 February 2009: Chinese/English |
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Republic of Korea |
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Note
dated 27 February 2009: English |
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Palau |
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Note
dated 15 June 2009: English |
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China |
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Note
dated 3 August 2011: Chinese/English/French |
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Republic of Korea |
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Note
dated 11 August 2011: English |
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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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