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Declaration of the State of Palestine regarding the maritime boundaries of the State of Palestine in accordance with the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.

Country/Territory
Palestine
Document type
Miscellaneous
Date
2015
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Environment gen., Sea
Keyword
Marine pollution Maritime zone Territorial sea EEZ-Exclusive Economic Zone Sovereignty
Geographical area
Asia, Mediterranean, Middle East, Western Asia
Abstract

This Declaration of the Head of State regards the delimitation of the maritime zones (territorial sea, the contiguous zone, the exclusive economic zone and the continental shelf) and boundaries of the State of Palestine, and is based on the provisions and articles of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. The baseline for measuring the breadth of the territorial sea is the low-water line along the coast. The State of Palestine shall exercise sovereignty over its territorial sea in accordance with the provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and other rules of international law. The State of Palestine has sovereign rights for the purpose of exploring and exploiting, conserving and managing the natural resources, whether living or non-living, of the waters superjacent to the seabed and of the seabed and its subsoil, and with regard to other activities for the economic exploitation and exploration of the EEZ. In cases where the maritime zones of the State of Palestine overlap with the maritime zones of other States, delimitation of the boundaries between the maritime zones should be resolved on the basis of equity and the principles of international law, and with reference to the Statute of the International Court of Justice and the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea.

Full text
English/Arabic
Website
www.un.org