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 the People's Republic of Bangladesh
On 25 February 2011, the People's Republic of Bangladesh submitted to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf, in accordance with Article 76, paragraph 8, of the 51³Ô¹Ï 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.
The Convention entered into force for Bangladesh on 26 August 2001.
In accordance with the Rules of Procedure of the Commission, a communication is being circulated to all Member States of the 51³Ô¹Ï, including 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 made by Bangladesh was included in the provisional agenda of the twenty-eighth session of the Commission scheduled to be held in New York from 1 August to 2 September 2011.
On 22 October 2020, the People's Republic of Bangladesh submitted to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf, in accordance with Article 76, paragraph 8, of the 51³Ô¹Ï Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982, an amendment to its Submission on the limits of the continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured, which according to the coastal State supersedes in its entirety the original Submission deposited on 25 February 2011.
Upon completion of the consideration of the submission, the Commission will make recommendations pursuant to Article 76 of the Convention.
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| Continental Shelf Notification |
English | ¹ó°ù²¹²Ôça¾±²õ (28 February 2011)
English | ¹ó°ù²¹²Ôça¾±²õ (28 October 2020) |
| Executive summary |
English [amended - 22 October 2020] |
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Communications received with regard to the submission made by Bangladesh to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf |
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Myanmar |
| Note verbale dated 31 March 2011: English |
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India |
| Note verbale dated 20 June 2011: English |
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Myanmar |
| Note verbale dated 26 January 2021: English |
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India |
| Note verbale dated 16 April 2021: English |
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Bangladesh |
| Note verbale dated 6 May 2021: English |
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Bangladesh |
| Note verbale dated 13 September 2021: English |
Note:
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 51³Ô¹Ï concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. |