1 Status of submissions made by States to the CLCS and impacts of the submissions on the extent of the Area Galo Carrera Vice-Chair Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf Status of submissions made by States to the CLCS and impacts International Workshop on article 82 of the submissions on the extent of the Area by G. Carrera Beijing, PRC, 25 November 2012 2 Overview • Third Conference: Evensen Proposal and 1978 Study • The Convention: article 76 and Annex II • Submissions made by States • Impact of submissions on the Area • Preliminary information notes and future submissions • Conclusions: What do we know now? Status of submissions made by States to the CLCS and impacts International Workshop on article 82 of the submissions on the extent of the Area by G. Carrera Beijing, PRC, 25 November 2012 3 Footnote attached to paragraph 5 of Alternative A of the Evensen Proposal made in 1975 It is assumed that the Continental Shelf Boundary Commission is an independent organ, and that its composition would ensure that it dispose of the necessary technical and scientific expertise. The scope of powers of the Commission, and the questions of possible appeal procedures, of the participation of legal expertise of the Commission, and of the relationship with the proposed dispute settlement procedures under the new Convention, remain to be discussed. Reproduced in XI Platzöder 501. Status of submissions made by States to the CLCS and impacts International Workshop on article 82 of the submissions on the extent of the Area by G. Carrera Beijing, PRC, 25 November 2012 4 What did we know in 1978? A/CONF.62/C.2/L.98 and Add.1, 18 April 1978 Status of submissions made by States to the CLCS and impacts International Workshop on article 82 of the submissions on the extent of the Area by G. Carrera Beijing, PRC, 25 November 2012 5 The Convention Part VI: Article 76 Annex II Status of submissions made by States to the CLCS and impacts International Workshop on article 82 of the submissions on the extent of the Area by G. Carrera Beijing, PRC, 25 November 2012 6 Sixty one Submissions made to the CLCS 1. Russian Federation ( 20 December 2001 ) 2. Brazil ( 17 May 2004 ) 3. Australia ( 15 November 2004 ) 4. Ireland - Porcupine Abyssal Plain ( 25 May 2005 ) 5. New Zealand ( 19 April 2006 ) 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 ) 7. Norway - in the North East Atlantic and the Arctic ( 27 November 2006 ) 8. France - in respect of the areas of French Guiana and New Caledonia ( 22 May 2007 ) 9. Mexico - in respect of the western polygon in the Gulf of Mexico ( 13 December 2007 ) 10. Barbados ( 8 May 2008 ) 10a Barbados - revised ( 25 July 2011 ) 11. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - Ascension Island ( 9 May 2008 ) 12. Indonesia - North West of Sumatra Island ( 16 June 2008 ) 13. Japan ( 12 November 2008 ) 14. Joint submission by the Republic of Mauritius and the Republic of Seychelles - in the region of the Mascarene Plateau (1 December 2008 ) 15. Suriname ( 5 December 2008 ) 16. Myanmar ( 16 December 2008 ) 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 ) 20. Ireland - in respect of Hatton-Rockall Area ( 31 March 2009 ) 21. Uruguay (7 April 2009 ) Status of submissions made by States to the CLCS and impacts International Workshop on article 82 of the submissions on the extent of the Area by G. Carrera Beijing, PRC, 25 November 2012 7 Sixty one Submissions made to the CLCS 22. Philippines - in the Benham Rise region ( 8 April 2009 ) 23. The Cook Islands - concerning the Manihiki Plateau ( 16 April 2009 ) 24. Fiji ( 20 April 2009 ) 25. Argentina ( 21 April 2009 ) 26. Ghana ( 28 April 2009 ) 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 ) 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 ) 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 ) 36. Mauritius - in the region of Rodrigues Island ( 6 May 2009 ) 37. Viet Nam - in North Area (VNM-N) ( 7 May 2009 ) 38. Nigeria ( 7 May 2009 ) 39. Seychelles - concerning the Northern Plateau Region ( 7 May 2009 ) 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 ) 43. Sri Lanka ( 8 May 2009 ) 44. Portugal ( 11 May 2009 ) Status of submissions made by States to the CLCS and impacts International Workshop on article 82 of the submissions on the extent of the Area by G. Carrera Beijing, PRC, 25 November 2012 8 Sixty one Submissions made to the CLCS 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 ) 52. Mozambique ( 7 July 2010 ) 53. Maldives ( 26 July 2010 ) 54. Denmark - Faroe-Rockall Plateau Region ( 2 December 2010 ) 55. Bangladesh ( 25 February 2011 ) 56. Madagascar ( 29 April 2011 ) 57. Guyana ( 6 September 2011 ) 58. Mexico - in respect of the eastern polygon in the Gulf of Mexico ( 19 December 2011 ) 59. United Republic of Tanzania ( 18 January 2012 ) 60. Gabon ( 10 April 2012 ) 61. Denmark - in respect of the Southern Continental Shelf of Greenland ( 14 June 2012) Status of submissions made by States to the CLCS and impacts International Workshop on article 82 of the submissions on the extent of the Area by G. Carrera Beijing, PRC, 25 November 2012 9 61 submissions plus 1 revised submission to date Status of submissions made by States to the CLCS and impacts International Workshop on article 82 of the submissions on the extent of the Area by G. Carrera Beijing, PRC, 25 November 2012 10 61 submissions plus 1 revised submission to date Status of submissions made by States to the CLCS and impacts International Workshop on article 82 of the submissions on the extent of the Area by G. Carrera Beijing, PRC, 25 November 2012 11 61 submissions plus 1 revised submission to date Status of submissions made by States to the CLCS and impacts International Workshop on article 82 of the submissions on the extent of the Area by G. Carrera Beijing, PRC, 25 November 2012 12 Approximate area contained in each submission 3.5e+6 3.5e+6 Australia 3.0e+6 3.0e+6 2.5e+6 2.5e+6 Portugal 2.0e+6 2.0e+6 Argentina New Zealand Sri Lanka 1.5e+6 RF 1.5e+6 France United Kingdom South Africa South Namibia 1.0e+6 Africa 1.0e+6 Area Kilometers Squared Area Kilometers Squared 5.0e+5 5.0e+5 0.0 0.0 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 Submission number Status of submissions made by States to the CLCS and impacts International Workshop on article 82 of the submissions on the extent of the Area by G. Carrera Beijing, PRC, 25 November 2012 13 Difficulties quantifying areas Australia 3 233 600 km2 Portugal 2 115 100 km2 Argentina 1 779 100 km2 New Zealand 1 660 900 km2 Russian Federation 1 374 700 km2 And overlapping and joint submissions, for example: France 81 700 FISU + 299 700 + 467 700 + 1 108 600 F-SA + 411 000 = 2 368 700 km2 ? South Africa 1 137 100 + 1 108 600 F-SA = 2 2 245 700 km ? Status of submissions made by States to the CLCS and impacts International Workshop on article 82 of the submissions on the extent of the Area by G. Carrera Beijing, PRC, 25 November 2012 14 Forty Five Preliminary Information Notes 1. Bénin et Togo (2 April 2009) 2. Somalia (14 April 2009) 3. Oman in respect of the Owen basin, Owen Ridge, and the Arabian Indian Sea (15 April 2009) 4. Fiji in respect of the South East Region of the North Fiji Basin, Lau-Colville, Tonga-Kermadec Complex (21 April 2009) 5. Fiji and Solomon Islands on the Charlotte Bank Region (21 April 2009) 6. Fiji, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu on the North Fiji Basin (21 April 2009) 7. Gambia (4 May 2009) 8. Solomon Islands (5 May 2009) 9. Micronesia (Federated States of) for the Eauripik Rise and Mussau Ridge Areas (5 May 2009) 10. Papua New Guinea for the Mussau Ridge and Eauripik Rise Areas Mussau Ridge region (5 May 2009) 11. Mauritius in the Chagos Archipelago Region (6 May 2009) 12.