Subject: Re: Kerguelen and McDonald/Heard _do_ border, EEZ-wise!<br/>
Date: Dec 02, 2001 @ 21:04<br/>
Author: Peter Smaardijk (&quot;Peter Smaardijk&quot; &lt;smaardijk@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-489615764">--- In BoundaryPoint@y..., orc@o... wrote:<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; however these same countries have authorized themselves & each <br/>
 </span></blockquote>other by what is called international law to do precisely this<br/>
<br/>
Yes, but why isn&#39;t this law implemented throughout (this planet) <br/>
then. Because when it was, it would have come to no surprise that the <br/>
North Pole is right inside the Danish EEZ.<br/>
<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; also it may be true that such claims are formally recognized only <br/>
 </span></blockquote>by treaty counterparts if any  <br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; <br/>
&gt; but isnt it also true that all eez & shelf claims are within the <br/>
 </span></blockquote>context of & thus an integral part of the united nations law of the <br/>
sea convention anyway  <br/>
<br/>
Yes! You may be right, but ...<br/>
<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; & that the claims are thus  if i am not mistaken  submitted to & <br/>
 </span></blockquote>received by  a united nations registry  & tho never formally <br/>
validated nor ratified are subject like any other territorial claim <br/>
to challenge in the international court of justice  etc<br/>
<br/>
... I&#39;d like to see that registry! Because this registry would have <br/>
to exist if what you think is true, and if it exists, would be the <br/>
ultimate EEZ bible to us.<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; & if all the above isnt too far off the beam  then it is just <br/>
 </span></blockquote>dawning on me too that the danish claim to sovereign shelf rights <br/>
over or rather under the north pole & beyond must be taken very <br/>
seriously indeed  not only by canada & russia  with their madcap <br/>
sector claims of territorial sovereignty as far as the north pole  <br/>
but especially by everyones land  which claims territorial <br/>
sovereignty over the entire north pole & the high seas all round it<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; <br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; for really what is there to prevent denmark from maintaining the <br/>
 </span></blockquote>integrity of this claim if it is structurally sound in law & geology<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
...but then, given the rather far-reaching autonomy that Denmark has <br/>
given to Greenland, it would, or rather should, be an issue to be <br/>
dealt with in Nuuk rather than Copenhagen. Does Greenland have a say <br/>
in this? After all, Greenland opted out of the European Community in <br/>
defiance of Denmark...<br/>
<br/>
Peter S.</div>