(Bahasa Indonesian version) Agreement relating to the Delimitation of a Continental Shelf Boundary between Indonesia and Thailand in the Northern Part of the Straits of Malacca and in the Andaman Sea on 17 December 1971

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This legal document contains the Indonesian (Bahasa) version of the Agreement relating to the Delimitation of a Continental Shelf Boundary between Indonesia and Thailand in the Northern Part of the Straits of Malacca and in the Andaman Sea, signed on 17 December 1971.

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

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(English version) Agreement relating to the Delimitation of a Continental Shelf Boundary between Indonesia and Thailand in the Northern Part of the Straits of Malacca and in the Andaman Sea on 17 December 1971

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This legal document contains the English version of the Agreement relating to the Delimitation of a Continental Shelf Boundary between Indonesia and Thailand in the Northern Part of the Straits of Malacca and in the Andaman Sea, signed on 17 December 1971. The continental shelves boundary between the two countries in the said area is a straight line connected by 2 points called point 1 and point 2, whose coordinates are specified in the document.

Notably, Article I.2 states that the continental shelves boundary between the two countries in the Northern part of the Strait of Malacca shall be completed by extending from point 1 eastward/southeastward to a "common tripoint" between Indonesia, Malaysian, and Thailand. That tripoint would be established four days later on 21 December 1971 in a Tripartite Agreement between the three countries.

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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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(Vietnamese version) Agreement between the Thailand and Vietnam on the Delimitation of the Maritime Boundary in the Gulf of Thailand on 9 August 1997

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This legal document contains the Vietnamese version of the Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Thailand and the Government of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam on the Delimitation of the Maritime Boundary between the two Countries in the Gulf of Thailand signed on 9 August 1997.

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(English version) Agreement between Thailand and Vietnam on the Delimitation of the Maritime Boundary between the two Countries in the Gulf of Thailand on 9 August 1997

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This legal document contains the Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Thailand and the Government of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam on the Delimitation of the Maritime Boundary between the two countries in the Gulf of Thailand on 9 August 1997. This maritime boundary constitutes the boundary for the continental shelves and exclusive economic zone of both contracting parties, which is a line connected by two points C and K. The coordinates of points C and K are stated in the Agreement.

Notably, point C is the northernmost point of the Joint Development Area established by the Memorandum of Understanding between the Kingdom of Thailand and Malaysia on the Establishment of a Joint Authority for the
Exploitation of the Resources of the Seabed in a Defined Area of the Continental Shelf of the Two Countries in the
The Gulf of Thailand. Therefore, Article 2 clarifies that Vietnam and Thailand shall negotiate with Malaysia to settle the tripartite overlapping continental shelf.

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