Bangladesh Myanmar Maritime Boundary Dispute Pdf Download
ef1da23cbc Therefore, although the 1974 and 2008 agreements did not gain a legal status, the decisions taken there regarding territorial sea boundary were principally upheld. b) Boundary Delimitation: Positions of the two countries: Myanmar wanted the tribunal to apply the 'equidistance principle': which draws the border at equal distance from the coasts of the two countries. Overall, the verdict is a milestone in the history of Bangladesh. Out of the 28 exploration blocks, Myanmar raised objection to 17 blocks. According to these media reports, the tribunal has accepted Bangladesh proposed equity based method instead of Myanmar proposed equidistance principle. Tribunal Position: Disregarding Myanmars objection, the tribunal asserted that it has full jurisdiction over deciding the continental shelf beyond 200 nm from the coast and decided to exercise the jurisdiction to demarcate the continental shelf. 403 Forbidden.. Territorial Sea of Bangladesh and Myanmar, 2. The tribunal proposed a demarcation line to define the continental shelf.
A country has the sovereign power to set any law on its territorial sea. According to the map drawn by these activists, at least 4 of them fall completely and 5-6 more blocks fall partially within the declared boundary of Myanmar. It was a good achievement for Bangladesh. 2.Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ): a) Coast Length: Positions of the two countries: As the coast length is a major factor in defining the fairness of EEZ and continental shelf demarcation, both the countries presented arguments to minimize the effective coast length of the opponent. Myanmar excluded two Meghna estuary segments from calculation, on the ground that they face each other, to show that Bangladesh's relevant coast length is 364 kilometers whereas Bangladesh claimed that Myanmar's relevant coast length is 370 kilometers. But things are much complicated for the EEZ and continental shelf delimitation. Despite sincere efforts by Bangladesh to resolve the dispute since 1973, and after 2 agreements and 13 bilateral meetings since then, there was little progress in finding an equitable solution to the problem.
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