thanx david & beg pardon
as i could well be laboring under a delusion as usual
but i am not yet aware of any isolated islet so small
as pedra branca that presently projects or is capable
of projecting its own eez
it seems to me the court was promoting the view that
the smallness of an isolated islet is not an issue or
an obstacle to its being swooped up by an outside
power
thus opening the way to a race for control of hitherto
unthinkable eez enclaves & proruptions
but someone please kindly tell me i am all wet about
that
--- David Anderson <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> Victor, Aletheia and Int-Bounders,
> Thanks for your interesting comments. The map
> contained in the judgment on
> the Court's website is not clear in that it appears
> to mark the key features
> with three stars. A good map or chart depicting the
> three features would be
> helpful.
> On a separate point, Aletheia, I cannot help feeling
> that the gold rush for
> isolated rocks started a long time ago and , as
> recent messages indicate,
> shows no sign of slowing down!
> Kind regards,
> David Anderson
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "aletheia kallos" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 2:31 PM
> Subject: Re: [INT-BOUNDARIES] Malaysia-Singapore
> Decision
>
>
> > hi victor & company all
> >
> > as you may know
> > i have been concerned about the potential of this
> > decision to set off a dangerously destabilizing
> global
> > gold rush for guano rocks etc from which novel eez
> > claims might ultimately be projected
> >
> > world war vii we dont need
> >
> > we already have the horn of africa unhelped by the
> > hague
> > as of the presently ongoing eritrea ethiopia
> fiasco
> > or i should say unhelped by turtle bay
> > rather than the hague
> > just to be fair
> >
> > so
> > tho i dont have an adequate map in front of me
> > o
> > o
> > o
> > hint hint
> > m a r t i n
> > can you do us another of your fantastic impromptu
> > sketch maps here
> > as you did for the hms cornwall operetta
> > o
> > o
> > o
> > i am already greatly heartened to realize that
> this
> > court did at least have the wisdom to separate new
> > singapore from indonesia by apparently or
> notionally
> > enclaving any new singaporean seas entirely within
> > malaysian seas
> >
> > i mean
> > no new idmysg tripoints
> > it seems
> > on first glance at the mental map in my minds eye
> >
> > so bravo
> >
> > any potential damage has at least been limited to
> that
> > extent
> >
> > but unless i am mistaken
> > we will still be having some novel singaporean eez
> > here
> > wont we
> >
> > & novel eez possibilities we dont at all need
> >
> > am i correct
> >
> > & if so
> > what the hell do we do now
> >
> > yours ever
> > ak md
> >
> > --- Professor Victor Prescott
> <[log in to unmask]>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Dear Colleagues.
> >>
> >> I have just heard that the Court decided to award
> >> Pedra Branca to
> >> Singapore and Middle Rocks to Malaysia.
> >> Apparently no decision was made in respect of
> >> Karang Selatin [South
> >> Ledge]. Karang Selatin is a low-tide elevation
> about
> >> 1.7 nm south of
> >> Middle Rocks. It consists of three rocks of which
> >> only the most
> >> northerly dries about 2.4 metres. This low-tide
> >> elevation lies
> >> within Malaysia's 12 nm territorial sea generated
> by
> >> Middle Rocks.
> >> Malaysia will be able to claim the feature
> according
> >> to Article 13 of
> >> UNCLOS.
> >>
> >> The decision appears to restrict Singaporean
> claims
> >> to areas
> >> northwards from Pedra Branca. An area within
> lines
> >> of strict
> >> equidistance north of Pedra Branca would enclose
> an
> >> area about 160
> >> square nm.
> >>
> >> It will be interesting to see whether Singapore
> can
> >> secure strict
> >> lines of equidistance from such a small feature.
> >>
> >> Sincerely
> >>
> >> Victor
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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