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Statement by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Belize.

Country/Territory
Belize
Document type
Miscellaneous
Date
1992
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Sea
Keyword
Maritime zone Territorial sea EEZ-Exclusive Economic Zone Sovereignty
Geographical area
Americas, Central America, Latin America and the Caribbean, Small Island Developing States
Abstract

A Statement regarding the temporary character of territorial waters of Belize. This Statement clarifies that Belize is not giving up its right to claim that area of sea in the south between the outer limit of the territorial sea as presently declared and the median line between Belize's baseline and those of adjacent States as its territorial sea. For the moment, however, Belize is declaring that area as part of its exclusive economic zone, to the exclusion of any other State. The maritime boundary between Belize and Guatemala and between Belize and Honduras remains the median line.

Full text
English