(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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(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. 
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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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(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 Malaysian version) Treaty between the Republic of Indonesia and Malaysia relating the Delimitation of the Territorial Seas of the Two Countries in the Straits of Malacca on 17 Mar 1970

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This legal document contains the Bahasa Malaysian of the Treaty between the Republic of Indonesia and Malaysia relating to the Delimitation of the Territorial Seas of the Two Countries in the narrow part of the Straits of Malacca signed on 17 Mar 1970.

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

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(Bahasa Indonesian version) Treaty between Indonesia and Malaysia relating the Delimitation of the Territorial Seas of the Two Countries in the Straits of Malacca on 17 Mar 1970

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This legal document contains the Bahasa Indonesian of the Treaty between the Republic of Indonesia and Malaysia relating to the Delimitation of the Territorial Seas of the Two Countries in the narrow part of the Straits of Malacca signed on 17 Mar 1970.

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

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(English version) Treaty between the Indonesia and Malaysia relating the Delimitation of the Territorial Seas of the Two Countries in the Straits of Malacca on 17 Mar 1970

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This legal document contains the English version of the Treaty between the Republic of Indonesia and Malaysia relating to the Delimitation of the Territorial Seas of the Two Countries in the narrow part of the Straits of Malacca signed on 17 Mar 1970. The coordinates determining the "narrow part" of the Strait of Malacca are stated in the preamble of the Treaty. The agreed Territorial seas boundary between the two countries in the said area is a median line between their respective baselines (not archipelagic baseline yet), which constitutes straight lines connecting 8 points. The coordinates of those 8 points are provided in Article 1.2.a of the Treaty.

Notably, besides point 1 (the starting point) and point 6, all other points' coordinates coincide with those of the continental shelves boundary between the two countries agreed in October 1969. For point 6, it is beyond the 12-nautical mile territorial sea baseline of Malaysia, and thus the Malaysian territorial sea boundary goes straight from point 5 to 7, while that of Indonesia goes through all points normally.

 

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(English version) Agreement between Malaysia and Indonesia on the Delimitation of the Continental Shelves between the two Countries on 27 October 1969

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This legal document contains the English version of the Agreement between the Government of Malaysia and the Government of Indonesia on the delimitation of the continental shelves between the two countries signed on 27 October 1969. The boundary agreed shall delimit the continental shelves of the two countries in the Straits of Malacca and in the South China Sea. The boundary constitutes straight lines connecting points whose coordinates are specified in the document. Chart A, B, and C show the coordinates of points of the boundary in the Strait of Malacca, in the western side - off the east coast of West Malaysia, and in the eastern side - off the coast of Sarawak, respectively.

This Agreement facilitates the exploitation of geological petroleum or natural gas structures extending across the straight lines between Indonesia and  Malaysia. Notably, Article 2 clarifies that "This Agreement shall not in any way affect any future agreement which may be entered into between the two Governments relating to the delimitation of the territorial sea boundaries between the two countries." Nonetheless, the agreement on the boundary of the territorial seas between the two countries took place half a year later in Kuala Lumpur.

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(Bahasa Indonesian version) Treaty between Singapore and Indonesia relating to the Delimitation of the Territorial Seas of the two Countries in the Eastern Part of the Strait of Singapore on 3 September 2014

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This legal document contains the Bahasa Indonesian version of the Treaty between the Republic of Indonesia and the Republic of Singapore relating to the delimitation of the territorial seas of the two countries in the eastern part of the Strait of Singapore signed on 3 September 2014.

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

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