(English version) Thailand Royal Proclamation establishing the Contiguous Zone of the Kingdom of Thailand, 14 August 1995

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This legal document contains Thailand's Royal Proclamation establishing the Contiguous Zone of the Kingdom of Thailand, proclaimed on 14 August 1995

This document establishes Thailand's contiguous zone, whose breadth is 24 nautical miles measured from the baseline used for measuring Thailand's territorial sea. The document also states, inter alia, Thailand's laws and regulations in its contiguous zone.

by Tran Nguyen Quan

(English version) Thailand Proclamation establishing the Exclusive Economic Zone of the Kingdom of Thailand in the Andaman Sea, 18 July 1988

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This legal document contains Thailand's Proclamation establishing the Exclusive Economic Zone of the Kingdom of Thailand in the Andaman Sea, proclaimed on 18 July 1988.

This document provides the specific coordinates of the points constituting the outer limit of Thailand's Exclusive Economic Zone in the Andaman Sea, where Thailand has concluded three bilateral delimitation treaties with India, Indonesia, and Myanmar and two trilateral delimitation treaties with India & Indonesia and India & Myanmar.

by Tran Nguyen Quan

(English version) Thailand Proclamation establishing the Exclusive Economic Zone of the Kingdom of Thailand adjacent to the Exclusive Economic Zone of Malaysia in the Gulf of Thailand, 18 February 1988

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This legal document contains Thailand's Proclamation establishing the Exclusive Economic Zone of the Kingdom of Thailand adjacent to the Exclusive Economic Zone of Malaysia in the Gulf of Thailand, proclaimed on 18 February 1988.

This document provides the specific coordinates of the points constituting the outer limit of Thailand's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) adjacent to Malaysia's EEZ in the Gulf of Thailand.  Point 1 and 2 in this Proclamation is also the two points constituting the line delimiting the territorial sea of the two countries in Article II (1) of the Thailand-Malaysia territorial sea delimitation treaty in 1979

by Tran Nguyen Quan

(English version) Thailand Royal Proclamation establishing the Exclusive Economic Zone of the Kingdom of Thailand, 23 February 1981

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This legal document contains Thailand's Royal Proclamation establishing the Exclusive Economic Zone of the Kingdom of Thailand, proclaimed on 23 February 1981.

This document establishes the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of the Kingdom of Thailand, which extends to 200 nautical miles in breadth, measured from the outer limit of Thailand's Baseline used to measure the territorial sea. The Proclamation includes inter alia, Thailand's sovereign rights, jurisdictions, and rights as well as the rights of other states in Thailand's EEZ in accordance with international law.

by Tran Nguyen Quan

(English version) Thailand Announcement of the Office of the Prime Minister concerning the Straight Baselines and Internal Waters of Thailand, 17 August 1992

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This legal document contains Thailand's Announcement of the Office of the Prime Minister concerning the Straight Baselines and Internal Waters of Thailand, 17 August 1992.

This document establishes a fourth area (Area IV) with the proclamation to straight baseline in addition to the previous three areas (Area I, II, III) provided in the 12 June 1970 Announcement.

Specific coordinates of the basepoints constituting the straight baseline for Area IV are stated in the document.

by Tran Nguyen Quan

(English version) Thailand Announcement of the Office of the Prime Minister concerning the Straight Baselines and Internal Waters of Thailand, 11 August 1992

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This legal document contains Thailand's Announcement of the Office of the Prime Minister concerning the Straight Baselines and Internal Waters of Thailand, 11 August 1992.

This document corrects the coordinates of certain basepoints constituting the straight baseline of Area III, one of the three areas proclaimed by Thailand in its 12 June 1970 Announcement to use straight baseline.

by Tran Nguyen Quan

(English version) Thailand Announcement of the Office of the Prime Minister, 12 June 1970

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This legal document contains Thailand's Announcement of the Office of the Prime Minister concerning the straight baseline and internal water of certain areas, 12 June 1970.

This document establishes the use of straight baseline for 3 areas, called Area I, II, and III. The specific coordinates of the basepoint constituting straight baseline enclosing the internal water of each Area are provided in the document.

In 1992, the coordinate of certain basepoints of Area III was changed in the 11 August 1992 Announcement and there was a new Area IV established in the 17 August 1992 Announcement which also proclaim the use of straight baseline.

by Tran Nguyen Quan

(English version) Thailand Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the position of the Royal Thai Government on the right of innocent passage in the territorial seas, etc.

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This legal document contains the Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Thailand regarding the position of the Royal Thai Government on the right of innocent passage in the territorial seas, etc.

In this Statement, the Thai Royal Government posits. in light of laws and regulations of several states that restrict the right of innocent passage and freedom of navigation as provided by UNCLOS 1982 in their maritime zones, Thailand will comply with rights regarding freedom of navigation including innocent passage, and will not consider itself bound to those law and regulations by said states which are state-parties to UNCLOS 1982.

by Tran Nguyen Quan

(English version) Thailand Proclamation establishing the Breadth of the Territorial Waters, of 6 October 1966

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This legal document contains Thailand's Proclamation establishing the Breadth of the Territorial Waters of 6 October 1966. This Proclamation confirms that Thailand's territorial sea shall have a breadth of 12 nautical miles measured from the baseline measuring the territorial sea.

by Tran Nguyen Quan

(English version) Thailand Declaration of the Office of the Prime Minister concerning the Inner Part of the Gulf of Thailand, 22 September 1959

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This legal document contains Thailand's Declaration of the Office of the Prime Minister concerning the Inner Part of the Gulf of Thailand, promulgated on 22 September 1959. In this Declaration, the Council of Ministers of Thailand declared and maintain the position, from time immemorial, that a certain part of the inner part of the Gulf of Thailand has the judicial status as a historic bay, and thus the water enclosed will form part of Thailand's internal water.

Specific coordinates delimiting the said water part are provided in the Declaration.

by Tran Nguyen Quan