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SUBMISSION IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE DEPOSIT OBLIGATIONS PURSUANT TO THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF THE SEA (UNCLOS)

  M.Z.N.62.2008.LOS of 24 June 2008: Deposit of (1) Chart entitled “Republic of Palau – Maritime Boundary Contention” showing the 200-nautical-mile outer limit of the Exclusive Economic Zone of the Republic of Palau, as well as the line of delimitation between the Republic of Palau and the Federated States of Micronesia, as contained in the 2006 Palau-Federated States of Micronesia Maritime Boundary Treaty; and (2) The lists of geographical coordinates of points, specifying the geodetic datum, relating to the above-mentioned 200-nautical-mile limit of the exclusive economic zone of Palau and the line of delimitation between the Republic of Palau and the Federated States of Micronesia.

 

Communications received by the Secretary-General in connection with the deposit of charts and/or lists of geographical coordinates of points
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CONTINENTAL SHELF BEYOND 200 NAUTICAL MILES FROM THE BASELINES FROM WHICH THE BREADTH OF THE TERRITORIAL SEA IS MEASURED
Submission to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf made on 8 May 2009

OTHER INFORMATION

Legislation
 Palau National Code (PNC)
  An Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 27 of the Palau National Code, 5 September 2003

Maritime boundary delimitation agreements
 and other material

with Federated States of Micronesia
 Treaty between the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of Palau concerning Maritime Boundaries and Cooperation on Related Matters, 16 July 2006 (entry into force: 16 February 2016; registration #: 54767; registration date: 1 November 2017; )
 
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