*Note: This Agreement was signed in 1973 when Papua New Guinea was still an Australian-administered United Nations trust territory (hence called “Trust territory of Papua New Guinea in the Agreement). It was on 15 September 1975 that established an official independent nation of Papua New Guinea.

• Summary

This legal document contains the English version of the Agreement between Australia and Indonesia concerning Certain Boundaries between Papua New Guinea and Indonesia, signed on 12 February 1973. In this Agreement, there are two boundaries established between Indonesia and Papua New Guinea (Australia-administered). The first one is the boundary on the island of Papua New Guinea, as provided in Article 1 with specific coordinates.

The second boundary is the sea bed boundary in the area of seabed that is adjacent to and appertains to Papua New Guinea and the area that is adjacent to and appertains to Indonesia, in the southern coast of Papua New Guinea/Indonesia on the island of Papua New Guinea. This boundary is provided in Article 3, with the establishment of points B2 and B3, which fulfills the seabed boundary in the same area whose groundwork (point B1) was provided in Article 3 of the 1971 Australia-Indonesia Seabed Agreement.

• Document: Agreement between Australia and Indonesia concerning Certain Boundaries between Papua New Guinea and Indonesia on 12 February 1973 (English version, adopted from UN Treaty Series)
• Alternative Document Language:
  • Bahasa Indonesian
• Related Article: 1971 Australia-Indonesia Seabed Boundary Agreement.