Subject: Re: maritime boundaries<br/>
Date: Jun 01, 2003 @ 21:02<br/>
Author: acroorca2002 (&quot;acroorca2002&quot; &lt;orc@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-1672853139">--- In <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com">BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com</a>, &quot;acroorca2002&quot; <br/>
&lt;orc@o...&gt; wrote:<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; --- In <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com">BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com</a>, Brendan Whyte <br/>
&gt; &lt;bwhyte@u...&gt; wrote:<br/>
&gt; &gt; <br/>
&gt; &gt; &gt;The Annual Notice to Mariners No. 12, issued by the UK <br/>
&gt; Hydrographic Office <br/>
&gt; &gt; &gt;lists National Maritime Claims by all States with a sea <br/>
&gt; coastline. I have <br/>
&gt; &gt; &gt;attached the latest version.<br/>
&gt; &gt; <br/>
&gt; &gt; Brendan<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; nice to see all the territorial sea underclaims in one roundup<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; & weird enough to discover such territorial sea overclaims as<br/>
&gt; togo 30nm<br/>
&gt; & syria 35nm<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; but positively freaky to see the 200nm territorial sea claims by<br/>
&gt; benin congo ecuador elsalvador liberia nicaragua peru <br/>
 </span></blockquote>somalia<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; yikes <br/>
&gt; what gives<br/>
&gt; are these jokers for real <br/>
&gt; or did someone just misfile the data<br/>
&gt; or is this just the third world equivalent of claiming the north <br/>
 </span></blockquote>pole<br/>
<br/>
yes its true & no mistake<br/>
all 10 abovementioned territorial sea claims are for real per<br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.un.org/Depts/los/LEGISLATIONANDTREATIES">http://www.un.org/Depts/los/LEGISLATIONANDTREATIES</a><br/>
or in other words thats straight from the apparent horses mouth<br/>
which even adds to them <br/>
panama & uruguay at 200nm <br/>
& angola at 20nm<br/>
as well as the philippine rectangular zone <br/>
which is likewise a territorial sea overclaim <br/>
tho just of a different sort<br/>
<br/>
& what an eye opener for me to see here the united nations itself <br/>
reiterating & thus effectively promulgating all these claims even <br/>
tho they are apparently in violation of the very united nations law <br/>
of the sea convention that the site services<br/>
<br/>
so then maybe all these overclaimants arent just claiming the <br/>
moon or the north pole etc after all<br/>
<br/>
but then what really are they getting away with appropriating to <br/>
themselves  <br/>
if anything <br/>
beyond the 12nm legal limits set by unlos<br/>
<br/>
hmm<br/>
just occurred to me<br/>
could it be that they are all nonsignatories to the treaty<br/>
& so their outlandishly excessive claims are allowed to stand<br/>
<br/>
yet the persistent 200nm figure couldnt just have been <br/>
accidental either<br/>
but must have been influenced by the unlos standard of 200nm <br/>
eezs<br/>
or how else could they all have parodied it so well in unison <br/>
<br/>
well anyway that all is quite shocking & confusing so far<br/>
& it may well be ok for the united nations<br/>
but it represents an extreme exaction upon everyones land & a <br/>
flagrant disregard for everyonese sovereignty & dignity<br/>
which the unlos treaty at least establishes & reserves for us all<br/>
& i am glad we finally at least know of all these deviant behaviors<br/>
whatever their ultimate meaning or consequence<br/>
all of which i am continuing to study<br/>
so rest easy but lets keep our eyes open for any explanations too</div>