(English version) Agreement between India and Indonesia on the Extension of the 1974 Continental Shelf Boundary in the Andaman Sea and the Indian Ocean on 14 January 1977

This legal document contains the English version of the Agreement between India and Indonesia on the Extension of the 1974 Continental Shelf Boundary in the Andaman Sea and the Indian Ocean, signed on 14 January 1977. This Agreement, as described by its name, provides the extension of the continental shelves boundary between the two countries agreed in 1974. Article 1 reiterates the coordinates of the four points constituting the boundary in the Adaman sea agreed in 1974. Article 2 establishes the coordinates of four new points constituting a boundary that extends the boundary in Article 1 into the Indian Ocean.

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(Bahasa Indonesian & Hindi version) Agreement relating to the Delimitation of the Continental Shelf Boundary between the two Countries on 8 August 1974 (Indonesian version)

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This legal document contains the Indonesian version of the Agreement relating to the Delimitation of the Continental Shelf Boundary between the two Countries signed on 8 August 1974. Article 1 provides the coordinates of the four points constituting the boundary.

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(English version) Agreement relating to the Delimitation of the Continental Shelf Boundary between India and Indonesia on 8 August 1974

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This legal document contains the English version of the Agreement relating to the Delimitation of the Continental Shelf Boundary between India and Indonesia in the area between Great Nicobar (India) and Sumatra (Indonesia), signed on 8 August 1974. Article 1 provides the coordinates of the four points constituting the boundary agreed in the Agreement.

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(Bahasa Indonesian and Thai version) Agreement between Indonesia and Thailand relating to the Delimitation of the Seabed Boundary between the two Countries in the Andaman Sea on 11 December 1975

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This legal document contains the Indonesian and Thai versions of the Agreement between Indonesia and Thailand relating to the Delimitation of the Seabed Boundary between the two Countries in the Andaman Sea signed on 11 December 1975.

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

 

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(English version) Agreement between Indonesia and Thailand relating to the Delimitation of the Seabed Boundary between the two Countries in the Andaman Sea on 11 December 1975

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This legal document contains the English version of the Agreement between Indonesia and Thailand relating to the Delimitation of the Seabed Boundary between the two Countries in the Andaman Sea signed on 11 December 1975. The agreed seabed boundary is a straight line connecting point A (07°05'8''N - 96°36'5''E) with point L (07°46'1''N - 95°33'1''E), Point A is the terminating point of the continental shelf boundary line between the two countries in the northern part of the Strait of Malacca as agreed in 1971.

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(English version) Resolution A.476(XII) on 19 November 1981 on Navigation through the Strait of Malacca and Singapore (Amendment to Resolution A.375)

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This legal document contains the English version of Resolution A.476(XII) on 19 November 1981 on Navigation through the Strait of Malacca and Singapore. This Resolution is an international agreement adopted by the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization*.

This Resolution A.476(XII) amends Rule 5, Section III of Annex V to Resolution A.375(X) relating to the rules for vessels navigating through the Straits of Malacca and Singapore.

*The Inter-Governmental Consultative Maritime Organization was formally established at an international conference in Geneva in 1948. SInce 1982, it has been renamed to Inter-Governmental Maritime Organization. 

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(English version) Resolution A.375(X) on 14 November 1977 on Navigation through the Strait of Malacca and Singapore

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This legal document contains the English version of Resolution A.375 on 14 November 1977 on Navigation through the Strait of Malacca and Singapore. This Resolution is an international agreement adopted by the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization*. The document includes specific traffic separation schemes for the One Fathom Bank (annex I), for the Singapore Strait (Annex II), and for the Horsburgh Light Area (Annex III). Annex IV of the Resolution provides deep water routes forming part of the eastbound traffic lane of the traffic separation scheme in the Singapore Strait. Annex V includes rules for vessels navigating through the Straits of Malacca and Singapore. Finally, Annex VI states the list of navigational aids to be installed or improved.

This Resolution A.375(X) would be amended by Resolution A.476(XII) on 19 November 1981.

*The Inter-Governmental Consultative Maritime Organization was formally established at an international conference in Geneva in 1948. SInce 1982, it has been renamed to Inter-Governmental Maritime Organization. 

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(English version) Agreement between Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand Relating to the Delimitation of the Continental Shelf Boundaries in the Northern Part of the Strait of Malacca on 21 December 1971

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This legal document contains the English version of the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Indonesia, The Government of Malaysia, and the Government of the Kingdom of Thailand Relating to the Delimitation of the Continental Shelf Boundaries in the Northern Part of the Strait of Malacca signed on 21 December 1971. This Agreement concludes a common tripoint as a starting point for the continental shelves boundary between any two of the three parties. The coordinates of the tripoint are Latitude 5° 57.0' N Longitude 98° 01.5' E.

Article 1 provides that the continental shelves boundary between any two of the three parties shall extend to the tripoint, with the tripoint becoming the starting point of each boundary.

Adopted from The Geographer, the U.S. Bureau of Intelligence and Research of the Department of State

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(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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