With Our Compliments:

 

 

The enclosed IBRU emails remain available at: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=int-boundaries&T=0 

 

 

Further to emails of Michael Innes, Gbenga Odunta and others concerning African boundaries [re-enclosed below], I wish to turn your attention to overview of pending delimitations of outer continental shelves beyond 200 miles in Section 7 covering all (East-West-South) African broad-margin states which made preliminary and actual Submissions to the CLCS, in my Valedictory Lecture as Former NILOS Deputy Director at: http://igitur-archive.library.uu.nl/law/2012-0321-200600/UUindex.html The approach of this Lecture that the ICJ, ITLOS or Arbitral Tribunals [as the Annex VII Barbados/Trinidad & Tobago Award established at:  http://www.pca-cpa.org/showpage.asp?pag_id=1152 & http://untreaty.un.org/cod/riaa/cases/vol_XXVII/147-251.pdf ; 45 ILM 800 (2006) at  www.asil.org/resources/ilm.html & http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/gwilr39&div=26&g_sent=1&collection=journals ] do not need to wait for the CLCS Recommendations but can resolve boundary delimitations and land/maritime disputes prior, or in parallel to, or in a follow-up to the CLCS engagement, was subsequently to my Lecture confirmed by the 2012 ITLOS Bangladesh v. Myanmar Bay of Bengal Maritime Delimitation Judgment at:   http://www.itlos.org/index.php?id=108 and PRs at: http://www.itlos.org/fileadmin/itlos/documents/press_releases_english/pr_175_engf.pdf and Statement of Bangladesh on ITLOS Judgment of 14 March 2012 at: http://www.mofa.gov.bd/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=168&catid=43&PRid=549 &
http://ilcurry.wordpress.com/2012/03/15/itlos-issues-judgment-in-bangladeshmyanmar-delimitation-dispute/  and GAR at: http://www.globalarbitrationreview.com/news/article/30405/tribunal-explores-outer-waters-its-jurisdiction/ & http://www.volterrafietta.com/newsletter/vf.2012.0322.html [via:  http://www.volterrafietta.com/news.clientalerts.asp ] & http://www.hydro-international.com/news/id5389-Judgment_on_BangladeshMyanmar_Maritime_Boundary.html & http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/more.php?news_id=123870&date=2012-03-18 & http://www.herbertsmith.com/NR/rdonlyres/98C9BADC-5EC4-4560-ADD5-3296DAD6F873/0/InternationalTribunalfortheLawoftheSeaissuesjudgmentinBangladeshMyanmar.htm & http://www.ejiltalk.org/international-tribunal-for-the-law-of-seas-first-judgment-on-maritime-delimitation/ & http://www.menas.co.uk/menasborders/news/article/2512/ITLOS_delivers_Judgement_on_the_Bangladesh_Myanmar_maritime_boundary_dispute_in_the_Bay_of_Bengal/  & http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_itlos-ruling-on-myanmar-may-help-indias-case-vs-bangladesh_1665169  &  http://internationallawobserver.eu/2012/03/15/judgment-in-bangladesh-myanmar-maritime-boundary-dispute/ & http://www.foleyhoag.com/NewsCenter/PressCenter/2012/03/Bangladesh-Prevails-in-Maritime-Boundary-Dispute-with-Myanmar.aspx 

 

29th UNCLCS Session of 19 March — 27 April 2012, with Plenary on 9 — 20 April 2012 at: http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs//2012/sea1964.doc.htm and CLCS Concludes 29th Session of 1 May 2012 at: http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs//2012/sea1965.doc.htm via: http://www.un.org/en/unpress/index.asp & http://www.un.org/Depts/los/clcs_new/commission_documents.htm#Statements & http://www.un.org/Depts/los/clcs_new/clcs_home.htm  &  http://www.un.org/Depts/los/index.htm and France Extraplac at: http://www.extraplac.fr/FR/extensions/geographie.php and U.S. Fact Sheet on Extended Continental Shelf (ECS) of 9 March 2009 at: http://www.state.gov/e/oes/rls/fs/2009/120185.htm & http://www.state.gov/e/oes/continentalshelf/index.htm; U.S. Office of Ocean and Polar Affairs at http://www.state.gov/e/oes/ocns/opa/index.htm & http://www.gc.noaa.gov/gcil_maritime.html &  http://www.unep.org/dewa/pdf/AoA/Continental_Shelf.pdf  and U.S. EEZ and Extended Continental Shelf of 7 June 2011 at http://www.heritage.org/Research/Reports/2011/06/UN-Convention-on-the-Law-of-the-Sea-Erodes-US-Sovereignty-over-US-Extended-Continental-Shelf & http://continentalshelf.gov/ & http://continentalshelf.gov/media/ECSposterDec2010.pdf & http://www.oceanlaw.org/ ([log in to unmask]) [[On importance attached by the United States to the CLCS, see also 2009 CLCS Recommendations on Mexico’s 2007 Partial (Western Gulf of Mexico) Submission endorsing coordinates of the 2000 Mexico/USA Treaty and the U.S. Notes Verbales concerning Submissions of Russia, Brazil, Australia, Argentina, Cuba and Japan at the CLCS website http://www.un.org/Depts/los/clcs_new/clcs_home.htm ]] and Russian CS at: http://www.gazprom.com/production/projects/deposits/shelf/ and Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map Series at http://www.ga.gov.au/marine/jurisdiction/map-series.html & http://www.ga.gov.au/amsis/index.jsp 

         UN Sustainable Management of Oceans and Fisheries of 26 April 2012 at: http://www.un.org/News/briefings/docs//2012/120426_Oceans.doc.htm via: http://www.un.org/en/unpress/index.asp

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: International boundaries discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Maurice Mendelson QC
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Sent: woensdag 2 mei 2012 13:10
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Subject: Re: [INT-BOUNDARIES] INT-BOUNDARIES Digest - 26 Apr 2012 to 27 Apr 2012 (#2012-30)

 

Although older (1979) than the vols mentioned, Brownlie's 'African Boundaries' (Hurst, London & California) remains an extremely valuable resource, not to mention earlier works such as Herstlet 'Map of Africa by Treaty' (1909, repr. Cass 1967).  Shaw's 'Title to Territory in Africa' (OUP 1986) is also a useful starting point.

 

 

Maurice Mendelson, Q.C.

 

Blackstone Chambers Barristers

Blackstone House

 

Temple

 

London EC4Y 9BW

 

England.

Tel. +44 20 7583 1770; fax +4420 7822 7350; email [log in to unmask]

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: International boundaries discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Evan Centanni [log in to unmask]
Sent: woensdag 2 mei 2012 10:20
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Subject: Re: [INT-BOUNDARIES] INT-BOUNDARIES Digest - 26 Apr 2012 to 27 Apr 2012 (#2012-30)

 

Victor Prescott ([log in to unmask]) also sent me the following

message with some suggested resources. He later added "the marvellous

series entitled 'International Boundary Study' produced by the US Bureau

of Intelligence and Research. Dozens of international boundary studies

produced with texts and maps."

 

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Here is a list of some titles that might be of interest.

 

A.!.Asiwaaju and P.O.Adeniyi, 1989, Borderlands in Africa.

R.Oliver and A.Atimore 1967 Africa since 1800

Ian Brownlie 1975 African Boundaries: a legal and diplomatic encyclopedia

Geographical Handbooks: Naval Intelligence Division Various dates.

Algeria, Vol. 1 1943, Tunisia 1945, Morocco vol11(2) 1942, French

Equatorial Africa 1942, French West Africa Vols 1 and 2 , 1943 and 1944.

Belgian Congo, 1944, Algeria vol. 2, 1944,

and lastly V.Prescott The evolution of Nigeria's political boundaries,

PhD Thesis supervised by Gordon East of Birkbeck 1961. T.Pakenham1991,

The scramble for Africa 1876-1912.

 

The geographical handbooks are invaluable.

 

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(end Victor's list of resources)

 

Evan Centanni

Political Geography Now

http://polgeonow.blogspot.com

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: International boundaries discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Daniel Lambach
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Sent: woensdag 2 mei 2012 7:14
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Subject: Re: [INT-BOUNDARIES] INT-BOUNDARIES Digest - 26 Apr 2012 to 27 Apr 2012 (#2012-30)

 

Dear Dr. Oduntan,

 

I would like to add two titles as potential resources. However, since I

have access to neither I cannot vouchsafe whether they have the data you

are looking for - in any case, they might well be outdated already.

Calvert, Peter (2004): Border and Territorial Disputes of the World, 4th

edition. London: Harper.

Guo, Rongxing (2009): The Land and Maritime Boundary Disputes of Africa.

New York: Nova Science Publishers.

 

Best regards

 

Daniel

 

 

From: International boundaries discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Evan Centanni [log in to unmask]

Sent: zondag 29 april 2012 14:56
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [INT-BOUNDARIES] Number and instances of African boundary and territorial disputes

 

Dear Dr. Oduntan,

We could start with Wikipedia's list of territorial disputes, which currently features 47 entries for Africa (and does not include maritime disputes). Of course each dispute should be verified independently of Wikipedia, but this list might be a good place to begin research for later serious discussion. It should be fairly complete, as there are various authors maintaining the list and keeping it up to date based on media sources.

Best regards,

Evan Centanni
Political Geography Now
http://polgeonow.blogspot.com

From: International boundaries discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Gbenga Oduntan [log in to unmask]
Sent: vrijdag 27 april 2012 23:20
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Subject: [INT-BOUNDARIES] Number and instances of African boundary and territorial disputes

 

Dear all,

The African continent is rumoured to have up to 44 boundary disputes and that is without counting the maritime disputes. Apart from anecdotal regurgitation of this number does anyone have any specific reference work that contains an up to date discussion of this issue. Furthermore in absence of any work on the number of disputes issue, can list members report any simmering issues or even refresh our memories about older ones. Please no mention of Nigeria -Cameroon. I think everyone is bored about that one and it has been resolved 'completely'. Or has it?

Best Regards

Gbenga 

 

JUST PUBLISHED: Sovereignty and Jurisdiction in Airspace and Outer Space

http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415562126/

 

Dr. Gbenga Oduntan
Senior Lecturer -International Commercial Law
Kent Law School,
Eliot College,
University of Kent,
Canterbury,
Kent CT2 7NS, UK.
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From: International boundaries discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Michael Innes [log in to unmask]
Sent: dinsdag 17 april 2012 11:54
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Subject: [INT-BOUNDARIES] Call For Submissions: Essays on West Africa, Boundary Studies

 

 

Dear Colleagues:

I'd like to draw your attention to a general invitation to list members to submit essays on border/boundary issues, and a specific call for essays on border/boundary issues in West Africa. I explain below.

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My firm, Thesiger & Company ("Thesigers"), publishes an online and quarterly bulletin entitled "Current Intelligence". It has its own URL, at www.currentintelligence.net , where essays are published dynamically (appearing online as soon as they pass through the editing process), and content is compiled into quarterly PDF issues. Essays range from 650 to 2500 words in length, and deal broadly with topical issues in international relations, geopolitics, and political risk. All content is freely available and distributed widely; online readership is in the realm of 8000 unique readers per month, as well as approximately 650 newsletter subscribers who also receive copies of the PDF.

I've attached a PDF of the Winter 2012 issue for your interest. You can also see how Thesigers creatively leverages some of the less current content, here:  http://thesigers.com/ideas1-current-artefacts

My intent in drawing your attention to all this is twofold.

First,  CI has not generally featured essays on border and boundary issues except as something implied by other subjects or that can be inferred from them. We'd like to correct that, hence this message.  So please consider this an invitation to list-members to submit essays for consideration, and feel free to contact me directly to discuss potential topics or for additional submission guidelines.

Second, the forthcoming Spring 2012 issue of CI will be West Africa focused. We'd like to include one or two essays dealing with current border/boundary problems and challenges in West Africa. Essay focus need not be exclusively macro/regional; essays may focus on any subject that affects all or part of the region. Essays can also be longer (ie. up to 2500 words), but what we're really looking for are shorter capsule essays of 650 words (one full page in the PDF version of CI). Deadline for submission for this is 15 May, for a 01 June 2012 release of the Spring 2012 issue.

Best regards,

Mike Innes