• Summary

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.

• Document: 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 on 24 October 1979 (English version, adopted from UN Treaty Series)