Subject: Re: answer to extra credit question<br/>
Date: Jul 29, 2005 @ 20:15<br/>
Author: aletheiak (&quot;aletheiak&quot; &lt;aletheiak@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-1083089102">yes & tho these gbus negotiations actually began in 1980<br/>
or the same year anguilla got divorced from st kitts nevis <br/>
the unclos regime of which this treaty is part really didnt kick in legally at all until 1994<br/>
<br/>
& even then <br/>
as well as up to the present <br/>
it is only binding on its signatory members<br/>
of which the usa still isnt one<br/>
<br/>
& the full regime wont completely kick in until after 2009 in any case<br/>
<br/>
so this entire multipartite split level gbus boundary delineation<br/>
which separates territorial seas & eezs of various constituencies & sizes & legal statuses<br/>
must be the true world paragon of disarray<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
i like your idea of making the virgins whole again tho<br/>
<br/>
<blockquote><span title="qreply"> --- In <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com">BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com</a>, Kevin Meynell &lt;knm@m...&gt; wrote:<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; &gt;the probability of some legal fork in the road coming between bvi & anguilla<br/>
&gt; &gt;seemed & seems greater than between usvi & pr<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; The treaty with the US may only have been signed in 1993, but <br/>
&gt; presumably the terms were negotiated for some time before that. The <br/>
&gt; concept of EEZs was only formalised in 1982, but I don&#39;t think the <br/>
&gt; Anguillan constitutional status was finally resolved until after that <br/>
&gt; (after the divorce from St Kitts and Nevis).<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; The BVI is probably the more likely candidate for independence (or <br/>
&gt; maybe even union with the USVI) these days, but it doesn&#39;t really <br/>
&gt; seem to be an issue at the moment.<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; Regards,<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; Kevin Meynell </span></blockquote></div>