Useful Documents

UNCLOS

pdf fileUnited Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

pdf fileMaritime Boundary Delimitation:Relevant articles from UNCLOS and the Statutes of the ICJ

Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) documents

pdf fileRules of Procedure of the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf,17 April 2008

pdf fileModus Operandi of the Commission(CLCS/L.3),12 September 1997

pdf fileScientific and Technical Guidelines of the Commission on the Limits of the Continetal Shelf(CLCS/11),13 May 1999

pdf fileAnnexes II-IV(CLCS/11/Add.1)3 September1999

pdf fileAnnexes II-IV, Corrigendum (CLCS/11/Add.1/Corr.1), 19 November 1999

pdf fileScientific and Technical Guidelines of the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf, Corrigendum (CLCS/11/Corr.1), 24 February 2000

pdf fileBasic flowchart for the preparation of a submission of a coastal state to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS/22),22 May 2000

pdf fileOutline of the Training Manual on the Preparation of a Submission to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS/37), 26 February 2004

Other documents
pdf fileThe status of natural resources on the high-sea:An independent study conducted by Southampton Oceanography Centre & Dr A. Charlotte de Fontaubert (WWF/IUCN)May 2001