Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS)
Outer limits of the continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles from the baselines:
Submissions to the Commission: Submission by Barbados
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On 8 May 2008, Barbados submitted to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf, in accordance with article 76, paragraph 8, of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, information on the limits of the continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured.
It is noted that the Convention entered into force for Barbados on 16 November 1994.
In accordance with the Rules of Procedure of the Commission, a communication is being circulated to all Member States of the United Nations, as well as States Parties to the Convention, in order to make public the executive summary of the submission, including all charts and coordinates contained in that summary.
The consideration of the submission of Barbados was included in the agenda of the twenty-second session of the Commission, held in New York from 11 August to 12 September 2008.
Upon completion of the consideration of the submission, the Commission shall make recommendations pursuant to article 76 of the Convention.
On 15 April 2010, the Commission adopted the 揜ecommendations of the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf in regard to the Submission made by Barbados on 8 May 2008.� Pursuant to article 6, paragraph 3, of annex II to the Convention, the recommendations, including a summary thereof, were submitted in writing to the coastal State and to the Secretary-General.
Summary of the Recommendations (2010)
Pursuant to section V. paragraph 11 (3) of Annex III to the Rules of Procedures of the Commission, the summary of the Recommendations is hereby made public.
Summary of the Recommendations
Submission (2008)
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| Continental Shelf Notification |
English | 贵谤补苍鏰颈蝉 |
| Executive summary |
English |
| Reaction of States to the submission made by Barbados to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf |
| Suriname |
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Note dated 7 August 2008: English |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
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Note dated 11 August 2008: English |
| Venezuela |
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Note dated 17 September 2008: English | French | Spanish |
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The designations employed in the submissions, including description of the areas, are as contained in the communications from submitting States or in the executive summaries. Their listing on this web site and the presentation of material do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. |