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HONDURAS

SUBMISSIONS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE DEPOSIT OBLIGATIONS PURSUANT TO THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF THE SEA (UNCLOS)
M.Z.N. 35. 2000. LOS of 17 April 2000: Deposit of the list of geographical coordinates of points for the drawing of straight baselines, with an illustrative map, as established by Executive Decree No. PCM 007-2000 of 21 March 2000

 

Communications received by the Secretary-General in connection with the deposit of charts and/or lists of geographical coordinates of points
Guatemala: Communications from the Government of Guatemala dated 15 June and 23 August 2000, containing a “reservation with respect to the establishment by Honduras of the straight baselines as contained in the Executive Decree PCM 007-2000” (LOSIC No. 12)

 El Salvador: Communication from the Government of El Salvador dated 21 June 2000, rejecting the content the Executive Decree PCM 007-2000 by Honduras with respect to the straight baseline in the Pacific Ocean” (LOSIC No. 12)

OTHER INFORMATION

Legislation
Decree No. 921 of 13 June 1980 on the utilization of Marine Natural Resources
Constitution of the Republic of Honduras 1982 (Decree No. 131 of 11 January 1982)
Maritime Areas of Honduras Act - Legislative Decree 172-99, 30 October 1999 (Law of the Bulletin No. 49, page 15)
Executive Decree No. PCM 007-2000 of 21 March 2000
Executive Decree Number:PCM-017-2000, 28 August 2000

Maritime boundary delimitation agreements
 and other material

with Colombia
Maritime Delimitation Treaty between Colombia and Honduras, 2 August 1986 (entry into force: 20 December 1999; registration #: 36360; registration date: 21 December 1999; )

with Cuba
 Maritime delimitation treaty between the Republic of Honduras and the Republic of Cuba, 21 August 2012 (entry into force: 11 December 2013; registration #: 51725; registration date: 13 March 2014; ) Spanish | English

with Mexico
Maritime Delimitation Treaty between the Government of the United Mexican States and the Government of the Republic of Honduras, 18 April 2005 (Registered with the Secretariat of the United Nations on 8 February 2007. Registration no. I-43571. Date of entry into force: 30 November 2006; ) (Law of the Bulletin No. 65, page 33)

with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 
Treaty between the Government of the Republic of Honduras and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland concerning the delimitation of the maritime areas between the Cayman Islands and the Republic of Honduras, 4 December 2001 (entry into force: 1 March 2002; registration #: 39224; registration date: 4 March 2003; )

Other relevant material (see also )

Honduras - El Salvador
Case concerning the land, island and maritime frontier dispute (El Salvador, Honduras ; Nicaragua intervening), International Court of Justice, 11 September 1992

Honduras - Nicaragua
Territorial and Maritime Dispute between Nicaragua and Honduras in the Caribbean Sea (Nicaragua v. Honduras)
 
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