Ec maritime zones: The delimitation aspect
Starting from the premise that regional cooperation is best served by settled maritime boundaries, this article looks into the delimitation practice by European Community (EC) states. First the municipal enactments are considered of those member states actually claiming an exclusive economic zone (EEZ). Special emphasis is given to the delimitation provisions. Since not much uniformity can be found in these provisions, the specific boundary agreements that these countries have so far concluded inter se are then analyzed. A geographical distinction is made between the Baltic Sea, the North Sea, the north Atlantic, and the Mediterranean in this respect. The article concludes that not much uniformity can be found in these delimitation agreements either. These boundary questions are therefore believed to continue to burden further EEZ cooperation between EC member states. © 1992 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
Exclusive Economic Zone Claims: An Analysis and Primary Documents.
overcome by cooperation between marine scientists and coastal states anxious to exploit their marine potential. In chapter 5, Marne Dubs provides an overview of the myth and reality of deep seabed mining. For anyone who wants to know what went wrong and where we are heading in relation to deep seabed mining, this reviewer highly recommends this chapter. Chapters 6, 7 and 8 give us a different perspective. Written by Frank Njenga of Kenya, Andres Aguilar Mawdsley of Venezuela and Hasjim Djalal of Indonesia, these chapters provide the reader with African, Latin American and Asian viewpoints on the law of the sea from three of the most influential conference participants. It is useful to be reminded, as we are in these chapters, that the exclusive economic zone was an African proposal; and that the Latin Americans, despite their internal differences, maintained a common front during the conference so as to attain many objectives. Hasjim Djalal recounts the disappointment felt in the ASEAN countries when the United States decided not to sign the Convention. In chapter 9, Ambassador Thomas Clingan gives an overview of U.S. policy and strategies during the nearly 10 years of conference negotiations. Clingan is one of the few U.S. negotiators who labored from the beginning to the end of the conference. He is therefore well suited to provide a balanced and objective report of the U.S. position, its objectives and the changing evaluation of interests that went into the position as events unfolded. In the final chapter, Professor Jonathan Charney writes of the unfinished business of the conference. By unfinished business he means, essentially, issues not addressed such as Antarctica; issues dealt with ambiguously such as maritime boundaries; issues of customary law; and issues of an institutional nature such as dispute settlement, participation by international organizations and the role of political entities other than nation-states. Charney's chapter is mostly a listing; nevertheless, it raises an intriguing set of questions. He posits that in the light of political and economic realities, the 1982 Convention's life is likely to be in the 20-24-year range. It is interesting to contemplate whether by that time we will be taking up Charney's unfinished business, or heading toward the new ocean constitution foreseen by Borgese.
The Soviet Union and Northern Waters
The Soviet Union in northern waters - implications for resources and security, Finn Sollie Norwegian oil review the Soviet Union and jurisdictional disputes in northern waters, Robin Churchill the maritime policies and practices of the Soviet Union after UNCLOS III, with special reference to northern waters, Uwe Jenisch Soviet fisheries and offshore exploration in the Barents Sea, David Scrivener Soviet military strategy and northern waters, Tomas Ries a naval force comparison in northern and Atlantic waters, Robert van Tol the Nordic respose to the Soviet presence, Clive Archer responding to the Soviet presence in northern waters: an American naval view, Douglas Norton the maritime strategy and geopolitics in the high North, Stephen Miller maritime strategy in northern waters: implications for the navies of Europe, Geoffrey Till.