(Bahasa Malaysian version) Treaty between the Republic of Indonesia and Malaysia relating the Delimitation of the Territorial Seas of the Two Countries in the Straits of Malacca on 17 Mar 1970

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This legal document contains the Bahasa Malaysian of the Treaty between the Republic of Indonesia and Malaysia relating to the Delimitation of the Territorial Seas of the Two Countries in the narrow part of the Straits of Malacca signed on 17 Mar 1970.

The summary article for this document can be found at that of its English version.

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(Bahasa Indonesian version) Treaty between Indonesia and Malaysia relating the Delimitation of the Territorial Seas of the Two Countries in the Straits of Malacca on 17 Mar 1970

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This legal document contains the Bahasa Indonesian of the Treaty between the Republic of Indonesia and Malaysia relating to the Delimitation of the Territorial Seas of the Two Countries in the narrow part of the Straits of Malacca signed on 17 Mar 1970.

The summary article for this document can be found at that of its English version.

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(English version) Treaty between the Indonesia and Malaysia relating the Delimitation of the Territorial Seas of the Two Countries in the Straits of Malacca on 17 Mar 1970

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This legal document contains the English version of the Treaty between the Republic of Indonesia and Malaysia relating to the Delimitation of the Territorial Seas of the Two Countries in the narrow part of the Straits of Malacca signed on 17 Mar 1970. The coordinates determining the "narrow part" of the Strait of Malacca are stated in the preamble of the Treaty. The agreed Territorial seas boundary between the two countries in the said area is a median line between their respective baselines (not archipelagic baseline yet), which constitutes straight lines connecting 8 points. The coordinates of those 8 points are provided in Article 1.2.a of the Treaty.

Notably, besides point 1 (the starting point) and point 6, all other points' coordinates coincide with those of the continental shelves boundary between the two countries agreed in October 1969. For point 6, it is beyond the 12-nautical mile territorial sea baseline of Malaysia, and thus the Malaysian territorial sea boundary goes straight from point 5 to 7, while that of Indonesia goes through all points normally.

 

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(English version) Agreement between Malaysia and Indonesia on the Delimitation of the Continental Shelves between the two Countries on 27 October 1969

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This legal document contains the English version of the Agreement between the Government of Malaysia and the Government of Indonesia on the delimitation of the continental shelves between the two countries signed on 27 October 1969. The boundary agreed shall delimit the continental shelves of the two countries in the Straits of Malacca and in the South China Sea. The boundary constitutes straight lines connecting points whose coordinates are specified in the document. Chart A, B, and C show the coordinates of points of the boundary in the Strait of Malacca, in the western side - off the east coast of West Malaysia, and in the eastern side - off the coast of Sarawak, respectively.

This Agreement facilitates the exploitation of geological petroleum or natural gas structures extending across the straight lines between Indonesia and  Malaysia. Notably, Article 2 clarifies that "This Agreement shall not in any way affect any future agreement which may be entered into between the two Governments relating to the delimitation of the territorial sea boundaries between the two countries." Nonetheless, the agreement on the boundary of the territorial seas between the two countries took place half a year later in Kuala Lumpur.

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(Malay & Thai version) Treaty between Thailand and Malaysia Relating to the Delimitation of the Territorial Seas of the Two Countries

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This legal document contains the Malay and Thai version of the Treaty between Thailand and Malaysia relating to the Delimitation of the Territorial Seas of the Two Countries signed on 24 October 1979.

The summary article for this document can be found at that of its English version.

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(English version) Treaty between Thailand and Malaysia relating to the Delimitation of the Territorial Seas of the Two Countries on 24 October 1979

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This legal document contains the English version of the Treaty between Thailand and Malaysia relating to the Delimitation of the Territorial Seas of the Two Countries signed on 24 October 1979. There are two boundaries agreed in this Treaty, one for both parties' territorial sea delimitation in the Gulf of Thailand, and the other in the Malacca Strait between the "Butang Group" and Pulau Langkawi Island. The coordinates of the points forming the two territorial sea boundaries are specified in the Treaty.

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(Unofficial English translation) 1979 Memorandum of Understanding between Malaysia and Thailand on the Establishment of the Joint Authority for the Exploitation of the Resources of the Sea Bed in a Defined Area of the Continental Shelf of the two Countries in the Gulf of Thailand

*This is an unofficial English translation of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)which was retrieved from the Centre for International Law (http://www.cil.nus.edu.sg/) 

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This legal document contains the English version of the 1979 Memorandum of Understanding between Malaysia and the Kingdom of Thailand on the Establishment of the Joint Authority for the Exploitation of the Resources of the Sea Bed in a Defined Area of the Continental Shelf of the two Countries in the Gulf of Thailand. The "defined area" in the name of the MoU refers to the overlapping area on both parties' adjacent continental shelves, which is bounded by straight lines connecting 7 coordinates agreed in the document. The MoU also concludes a Malaysia-Thailand Joint Authority which shall "assume all rights and responsibilities on behalf of both Parties for the exploration and exploitation of the non-living natural resources of the sea-bed and subsoil in the overlapping area". Notably, Article III clarifies that the established Joint Authority will operate for a period of 50 years commencing from the date this Memorandum comes into force.

Notably, Article VI states that if both parties can come to an agreement on the delimitation of the continental shelves boundary in the overlapping area, the Joint Authority shall be wound up. Otherwise, the existing arrangement shall continue after the expiry of the said fifty-year period.

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(Thai & Malay version) Memorandum of Understanding between Thailand and Malaysia on the Delimitation of the Continental Shelf Boundary between the two Countries in the Gulf of Thailand on 24 October 1979

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This document contains the Thai and Malay version of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Kingdom of Thailand and Malaysia on the Delimitation of the Continental Shelf Boundary between the two Countries in the Gulf of Thailand signed on 24 October 1979.

The summary article for this document can be found at that of its English version.

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(English version) Memorandum of Understanding between Thailand and Malaysia on the Delimitation of the Continental Shelf Boundary between the Two Countries in the Gulf of Thailand on 24 October 1979

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This legal document contains the English version of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Kingdom of Thailand and Malaysia on the Delimitation of the Continental Shelf Boundary between the Two Countries in the Gulf of Thailand signed on 24 October 1979. In this MoU, the two parties establish a partial but official boundary of their continental shelves in the Gulf of Thailand.

Notably, the agreed continental shelf boundary between Thailand and Malaysia in the Gulf of Thailand does not extend to the joint developmental area established in another MoU of both parties signed in February 1979. Therefore, Article 3 clarifies that both parties "shall continue negotiations to complete the delimitation of the continental shelf boundary of the two Countries in the Gulf of Thailand." Thus, the Malaysia-Thailand Joint Authority over the said joint developmental area shall continue as provided in the February MoU.

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ICJ Judgment on 17 December 2002 of the Case concerning Sovereignty over Pulau Ligitan and Pulau Sipadan

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