Claim on Bay of Bengal
Final scrutiny of draft report begins
Ahead of submitting Bangladesh's claim on the Bay of Bengal's outer continental shelf area, foreign ministry yesterday began final scrutiny of the draft survey report.
UN Commission Member on Limits of the Continental Shelf Dr Harald Brekke, providing various technical advices to Bangladeshi expert's panel, began examining the report yesterday to prepare one that accurately protects Bangladesh's interest.
Bangladesh has to submit a report to the United Nations (UN) over its claim in the Bay by July 26 this year, which the ministry plans doing so well before the deadline.
To establish the claim, Bangladesh has already lodged cases with International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) regarding disputes with India and Myanmar.
Side by side, Bangladesh also needs to submit a report to UN under Article 76 of 'United Nations Convention on Law of the Sea' (UNCLOS), 1982 to establish the claim beyond 200 nautical miles.
Foreign ministry sources said the report would be placed before the Cabinet for final nod after examination by Harald.
Bangladesh invited Harald, a Norwegian nationa, to review the draft and he had earlier advised in this matter including in the seismic survey conducted in the Bay.
Meanwhile, Harald called on Foreign Minister Dipu Moni yesterday and discussed on the draft report.
According to UNCLOS, any coastal country is firstly entitled to 12 nautical miles from its baseline as territorial sea, the next 24 nautical miles as contiguous zone and the following 200 nautical miles as its exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
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