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PAPUA NEW GUINEA

SUBMISSION IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE DEPOSIT OBLIGATIONS PURSUANT TO THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF THE SEA (UNCLOS)

  M.Z.N. 41. 2002. LOS of 8 October 2002: Deposit of the list of geographical coordinates of points of Principal Archipelago as specified in the Declaration of the baselines by methods of coordinates of base points for purposes of the location of the archipelagic waters of 25 July 2002, made pursuant to Section 8(1) of the National Seas Act 1977 and published in National Gazette No. G-124 of 1 August 2002.

 

Communications received by the Secretary-General in connection with the deposit of charts and/or lists of geographical coordinates of points
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CONTINENTAL SHELF BEYOND 200 NAUTICAL MILES FROM THE BASELINES FROM WHICH THE BREADTH OF THE TERRITORIAL SEA IS MEASURED
Joint submission by the Federated States of Micronesia, Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf made on 5 May 2009 - concerning the Ontong Java Plateau
Preliminary information indicative of the outer limits of the continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles in accordance with SPLOS/183

OTHER INFORMATION

Legislation
  Continental Shelf (Living Natural Resources) Act Act 1974, Chapter No. 210
 Continental Shelf (Living Natural Resources) (National Seas), Act 1977, Act No. 5 of 7 February 1977 Amending the Continental Shelf (Living Natural Resources) Act 1974
 National Seas Act 1977, Act No. 7 of 7 February 1977
 Offshore Seas Proclamation 1978
 Declaration of the baselines by method of coordinates of base points for purposes of the location of archipelagic baselines, 25 July 2002

Maritime boundary delimitation agreements
 and other material
with Australia
 Treaty between Australia and the Independent State of Papua New Guinea concerning sovereignty and maritime boundaries in the area between the two countries, including the area known as Torres Strait, and related matters (with annexes), 18 December 1978 (entry into force: 15 February 1985; registration #: 24238; registration date: 7 July 1986; link to UNTS)
with Indonesia
  Agreement between the Government of Indonesia and the Government of Papua New Guinea Concerning the Maritime Boundary between the Republic of Indonesia and Papua New Guinea and Cooperation on related Matters, 13 December 1980
with Federated States of Micronesia
 Amendment to the Treaty between the Federated States of Micronesia and the Independent State of Papua New Guinea concerning Maritime Boundaries and Cooperation on Related Matters, 7 September 2015(entry into force: 18 March 2016; registration # 54917; registration date: 1 January 2018; link to UNTS)
with Solomon Islands
 Treaty between the Independent State of Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands Concerning Sovereignty, Maritime and Seabed Boundaries between the Two Countries, and Cooperation on Related Matters, 25 January 1989
 
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