Continental Shelf Limitation Commission
The Commission for the Limitation of the Continental Shelf (also Continental Shelf Commission ) is an organ of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea .
The commission works on the basis of Art. 76 (8) in conjunction with Annex II of the Convention on the Law of the Sea and has the task of making recommendations on the definition of the outer boundary of the continental shelf within the meaning of the Convention, where this is more than 200 nautical miles from land. It is based on the geographical and geological data obtained from the coastal states.
The Legal Affairs Division (Department of Maritime Affairs and Law of the Sea) of the UN Secretariat carries out his duties vis-à-vis the Commission on behalf of the Secretary-General of the United Nations . This includes, in particular, administrative support and its financing.
The commission meets twice a year.
composition
2017-2022
- Al-Azri, Adnan Rashid Nasser - Oman
- Awosika, Lawrence Folajimi - Nigeria
- Campos, Aldino - Portugal
- De Landro-Clarke, Wanda-Lee - Trinidad and Tobago
- Glumov, Ivan F. - Russia
- Heinesen, Martin Vang - Denmark
- Kalngui, Emmanuel - Cameroon
- Madon, Mazlan Bin - Malaysia
- Mahanjane, Estevao Stefane - Mozambique
- Marques, Jair Alberto Ribas - Brazil
- Mazurowski, Marcin - Poland
- Moreira, Domingos de Carvalho Viana - Angola
- Mosher, David Cole - Canada
- Njuguna, Simon - Kenya
- Park, Yong Ahn - South Korea
- Paterlini, Carlos Marcelo - Argentina
- Raharimananirina, Clodette - Madagascar
- Tang, Yong - China
- Yamazaki, Toshitsugu - Japan
- Yáñez Carrizo, Gonzalo Alejandro - Chile
literature
- Suzette V. Suarez: Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (PDF; 252 kB) . In: Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law 14 (2010) pp. 131–168.
Web links
Footnotes
- ^ Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea, Office of Legal Affairs, United Nations.
- ↑ https://www.un.org/Depts/los/clcs_new/secretariat_clcs.htm
- ↑ https://www.un.org/Depts/los/clcs_new/commission_purpose.htm#Purpose
- ↑ https://www.un.org/Depts/los/clcs_new/commission_members.htm#Members