(English version) Memorandum of Understanding between Indonesia and Australia concerning the Implementation of a Provisional Fisheries Surveillance and Enforcement Arrangement on 29 October 1981

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This legal document contains the English version of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Government of the Republic of Indonesia and the Government of Australia concerning the Implementation of a Provisional Fisheries Surveillance and Enforcement Arrangement signed on 29 October 1981.

This MoU concludes with the establishment of a Provisional Fisheries Surveillance and Enforcement line in the Timor Sea where the 200-Nautical mile Exclusive Economic Zones of the two countries overlap. Notably, Article 6 clarifies that "this arrangement is provisional in nature ... and does not affect the limits of the 200-nautical mile [exclusive economic] zones established by either country."

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(English version) Agreement between Indonesia and Papua New Guinea concerning Maritime Boundaries between the Two Countries and Cooperation on Related Matters on 13 December 1980

*This Agreement was signed between the Government of Papua New Guinea and of Indonesia in 1980 after the former had become an independent nation and ceased to be an UN-trusted territory under Australian administration in 1975. 

**In this Agreement, Article 1 clarifies that the term "continental shelf" is used in accordant with International Law, and bears the same meaning as the term "seabed" used in the Seabed Boundary Agreement between Australia and Indonesia in 1971, 1972, 1973 relating to the "seabed" boundary between the two countries, which includes the boundary between Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. 

  • Summary

This legal document contains the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Indonesia and the Government of Papua New Guinea concerning Maritime Boundaries between the Two Countries and Cooperation on Related Matters, signed on 13 December 1980.

Article 2 of this Agreement, in order to further the continental shelf boundary between Indonesia and Papua New Guinea off the Northern Coast of the two countries from the groundwork (point C1 and C2) provided in Article 4 of the 1971 Australia-Indonesia Seabed Boundary Agreement, establishes point C3, C4, and C5. Their coordinates are specified in the same Article.

Article 4 of this 1980 Agreement also clarifies that the continental shelf boundary (or seabed boundary) between the two countries provided in Article 2 of this 1980 Agreement, in Article 1, 3, and 4 of the 1972 Australia-Indonesia Seabed Boundary Agreement, and in Article 3 of the 1973 Australia-Indonesia Seabed Boundary Agreement shall be both the continental shelf boundary and Exclusive Economic Zone boundary between the two countries.

Boundary with point C1-2 as in Article 4 of the 1971 Australia-Indonesia Agreement
Boundary as in Article 2 of this 1980 Agreement

 

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(Bahasa Indonesian version) Agreement between Australia and Indonesia concerning Certain Boundaries between Papua New Guinea and Indonesia on 12 February 1973

*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 Indonesian version of the Agreement between Australia and Indonesia concerning Certain Boundaries between Papua New Guinea and Indonesia, signed on 12 February 1973.

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

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(English version) Agreement between Australia and Indonesia concerning Certain Boundaries between Papua New Guinea and Indonesia on 12 February 1973

*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.

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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.

Source: Office of the Geographer, U.S. Department of State

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(English version) Agreement between Australia and Indonesia Establishing Certain Seabed Boundaries in the Area of The Timor and Arafura Seas on 9 October 1972, Supplementary to the Agreement of 18 May 1971

*Note: This Agreement was signed in 1972 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.

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This legal document contains the English version of the Agreement between the Government of the Common Wealth of Australia and the Government of the Republic Of Indonesia Establishing Certain Seabed Boundaries in the Area of The Timor and Arafura Seas, signed on 9 October 1972. First, This 1972 Agreement is considered supplementary to the Agreement of 18 May 1971, specifically Article 2. The seabed boundary between the two parties in this 1972 Agreement extends westward from point A12, which was the most western point of the agreed boundary in the 1971 Agreement, to point A13, A14, A15, and A16. The specific coordinates of those points are provided in Article 1,

Second, Article 2 of this 1972 Agreement also establishes another seabed boundary between the two countries in the area south of the Roti and Timor Islands. The boundary consists of straight lines connecting points whose coordinates are specified in the same Article.

Visualizing Map: Left: 1972 Agreement's Map; Right: 1971 Agreement's Map

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(Bahasa Indonesian version) Agreement between Australia and Indonesia Establishing Certain Seabed Boundaries in the Area of The Timor and Arafura Seas on 9 October 1972, Supplementary to the Agreement of 18 May 1971

*Note: This Agreement was signed in 1972 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 the Government of the Common Wealth of Australia and the Government of the Republic Of Indonesia Establishing Certain Seabed Boundaries in the Area of The Timor and Arafura Seas, signed on 9 October 1972.

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

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(Bahasa Indonesian version) Agreement between Australia and Indonesia Establishing Certain Seabed Boundaries on 18 May 1971

*Note: This Agreement was signed in 1971 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 Indonesian version of the Agreement between the Government of the Common Wealth of Australia and the Government of the Republic of Indonesia Establishing Certain Seabed Boundaries, signed on 18 May 1971.

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

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(English version) Agreement between Australia and Indonesia Establishing Certain Seabed Boundaries on 18 May 1971

*Note: This Agreement was signed in 1971 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 the Government of the Common Wealth of Australia and the Government of the Republic of Indonesia Establishing Certain Seabed Boundaries, signed on 18 May 1971. The agreed seabed boundary consists of straight lines connecting 12 points (A1 to A12) located between Longitude 133° 23' East of point A12 and Longitude 140° 29' East of point A1. Specific coordinates of the points constituting the agreed seabed boundary are provided in Article 1.

Notably, Article 2 states that the demarcation line of the seabed western to point A12 is not provided in this Agreement, and shall be negotiated in the future, which would be done in another bilateral Agreement in 1972.

The groundwork for seabed delimitation between Indonesia and the Trust Territory of Papua New Guinea is also partly provided in Article 3 (Southern coast of New Guinea adjacent to Indonesia's) and Article 4 (Northern coast of Newguinea adjacent to). The boundary lines for the southern coast of Papua New Guinea adjacent to Indonesia's coast would be completed in another Australia-Indonesia Agreement in 1973. The boundary line for the northern coast of Papua New Guinea adjacent to Indonesia's coast would be done in 1980 between the Government of Indonesia and of Papua New Guinea. 

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(Vietnamese version) Agreement on Fishery Cooperation in the Tonkin Gulf between the P.R of China and Vietnam on 25 December 2000

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This legal document contains the Vietnamese version of the Agreement on Fishery Cooperation in the Tonkin Gulf between the Government of the People's Republic of China and the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, signed on 25 December 2000.

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

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(Unofficial English translation) Agreement on Fishery Cooperation in the Tonkin Gulf between P.R of China and Vietnam on 25 December 2000

The document attached to this article is an unofficial English translation of the Agreement, which was originally provided in 2 official versions of Chinese and Vietnamese only. The contents and wordings of this English version were checked vis a vis the official Vietnamese version by the editor who is capable of both English and Vietnamese. 
  • Summary

This legal document contains the English version of the Agreement on Fishery Cooperation in the Tonkin Gulf between the Government of the People's Republic of China and the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, signed on 25 December 2000. Article 3 of this Agreement defines a Common Fishery Zone, which extends 30.5 nautical miles into the exclusive economic zones of the two countries from the demarcation line determined in the Delimitation Agreement on Tonkin Gulf, southerly to the closing line of the Tonkin Gulf, and northerly to the 20" N Latitude. The coordinates of points constituting the Common Fishery Zone are specified in Article 3 of the Agreement. Article 13 makes provision for the establishment of the Sino-Vietnamese Joint Committee for Fishery in the Tonkin Gulf in order to implement the Agreement, which shall consist of two representatives respectively appointed by both Governments and several committee members. The rights and responsibilities of both contracting parties and their vessels for the purpose of fishing are stated in the Agreement, which shall be monitored by respective Governments and the Joint Committee. Article 12 also provides a buffer zone starting from the Beilun estuary (point 1 of Sino-Vietnamese delimitation line in the Delimitation Agreement on Tonkin Gulf), whose coordinates are specified in Article 12.

 

Finally, Article 22.2 clarifies that this Agreement shall enter into force after both parties carried out necessary domestic legal procedures, become valid for a period of 12 years, and extend for another 3 years afterward automatically. The extension of the Agreement after that fifteen-year period shall be negotiated by both Parties. However, after the Agreement entered into force on 30 June 2004-2019, the two countries only extended it for one year until 30 June 2020. After its expiration in 2020, there has been no announcement of new negotiation for the extension of the Agreement.

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