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UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF THE SEA ............................... 1 Status of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, of the Agreement relating to the implementation of Part XI of the Convention and of the Agreement for the implementation of the provisions of the Convention relating to the conservation and management of straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks....................................................................................1 1. Table recapitulating the status of the Convention and of the related Agreements, as at 31 March 2004................................................................................................................ 1 2. Chronological lists of ratifications of, accessions and successions to the Convention and the related Agreements, as at 31 March 2004 ............................................................ 11 (a) The Convention ........................................................................................................ 11 (b) Agreement relating to the implementation of Part XI of the Convention ................. 12 (c) Agreement for the implementation of the provisions of the Convention relating to the conservation and management of straddling fish stocks and 13 highly migratory fish stocks ..................................................................................... 3. Declarations made upon ratification of the Agreement for the implementation of the provisions of the Convention relating to the conservation and management of straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks (19 December 2003)................... 15 (a) European Community............................................................................................... 15 (b) Austria...................................................................................................................... 17 (c) Belgium.................................................................................................................... 19 (d) Denmark................................................................................................................... 19 (e) Finland...................................................................................................................... 20 (f) France....................................................................................................................... 20 (g) Germany................................................................................................................... 22 (h) Greece ...................................................................................................................... 22 (i) Ireland ...................................................................................................................... 22 (j) Italy .......................................................................................................................... 23 (k) Luxembourg ............................................................................................................. 23 (l) Netherlands............................................................................................................... 24 - iii - CONTENTS Page (m) Portugal .................................................................................................................... 24 (n) Spain......................................................................................................................... 24 (o) Sweden ..................................................................................................................... 26 (p) United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland........................................... 26 II. LEGAL INFORMATION RELEVANT TO THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF THE SEA ................................................................. 27 A. National legislation ............................................................................................................... 27 1. Cuba: Legislative Decree No. 158—Contiguous Zone, 12 April 1995............................. 27 2. Norway: ............................................................................................................................ 29 (a) List of coordinates of points defining the outer limit of the territorial sea around 29 Norway mainland ..................................................................................................... (b) List of coordinates of points defining the outer limit of the territorial sea around Svalbard.................................................................................................................... 41 (c) List of coordinates of points defining the outer limit of the territorial sea around Jan Mayen ................................................................................................................ 81 (d) Regulations relating to the baselines for determining the extent of the territorial sea around mainland Norway, Royal Decree of 14 June 2002 ................................. 88 (e) Act of 27 June 2003 No. 57 relating to Norway’s territorial waters and contiguous zone........................................................................................................ 97 3. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: .................................................. 99 (a) Proclamation No. 1 of 17 September 2003 establishing the Environment 99 (Protection and Preservation) Zone for the British Indian Ocean Territory.............. (b) British Indian Ocean Territory Environment (Protection and Preservation) Zone ... 100 B. Communications by States .................................................................................................... 127 1. Information note by Turkey, concerning its objection to the Agreement between the Republic of Cyprus and the Arab Republic of Egypt on the Delimitation of the 127 Exclusive Economic Zone, 17 February 2003 .................................................................. 2. Statement of the position of the Government of the Republic of Mauritius with respect to the deposit by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland of a list of geographical coordinates of points pursuant to article 75, paragraph 2, of 128 the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, 14 April 2004 ............................. 3. Note by Italy concerning the declaration of an ecological and fisheries protection 129 zone in the Adriatic Sea by the Republic of Croatia of 3 October 2003, 16 April 2004 ... - iv - CONTENTS Page III. OTHER INFORMATION.................................................................................................. 131 A. Ukraine and the Russian Federation: The Joint Statement by the President of Ukraine and the President of the Russian Federation on the Sea of Azov and the Strait of Kerch, 24 December 2003 ...................................................................................................................... 131 B. Table of claims to maritime jurisdiction (as at 31 March 2004) ........................................... 132 - v - - 1 - I. UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF THE SEA Status of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, of the Agreement relating to the implementation of Part XI of the Convention and of the Agreement for the implementation of the provisions of the Convention relating to the conservation and management of straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks 1. Table recapitulating the status of the Convention and of the related Agreements, as at 31 March 2004 Agreement for the implementation of the provisions of the Convention relating to the Agreement relating to the conservation and management of United Nations Convention on implementation of Part XI of the straddling fish stocks and highly migratory the Law of the Sea Convention fish stocks State or entity (in force as from 16 November 1994) (in force as from 28 July 1996) (in force as from 11 December 2001) Ratification; formal Italicized text indicates non- Ratification; formal confirmation(fc); members of the United confirmation(fc); accession(a); definitive Nations; accession(a); signature(ds); Signature Ratification; accession(a) Shaded row indicates Signature succession(s); ( - participation(p);1 simplified ( - declaration or 3 landlocked States ( - declaration) declaration) Signature procedure (sp); 2 statement) ( - declaration) TOTALS 157 (35) 145 (54) 79 117 59 (5) 51 (24) Afghanistan Albania 23 June 2003(a) 23 June 2003(a) Algeria 11 June 1996 11 June 1996 (p) Andorra Angola 5 December 1990 Antigua and Barbuda 2 February 1989 Argentina 1 December 1995 1 December 1995 Armenia 9 December 2002 (a) 9 December