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UN accepts extension of Uruguay's continental shelf to 350 miles; first in South America
The United Nations accepted the proposition of the Uruguayan government to extend the Uruguayan territorial seabed from 200 to 350 miles. Uruguay thus becomes the first South American nation to receive the approval of the UN for such request. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesWell this will burn the witches arse in the Casa Rosada...
Aug 20th, 2014 - 12:33 am - Link - Report abuse 0http://www.fis.com/fis/worldnews/worldnews.asp?monthyear=8-2014&day=20&id=70740&l=e&country=&special=&ndb=1&df=0
Argentina will be complaining that it covers part of their continental shelf - But hey nevermind, can't win them all. But then Argentina has never been very good with its continental shelf arguments lol
Aug 20th, 2014 - 01:39 am - Link - Report abuse 0Cristina really is asking for only a small fair share of maritime territory...
Aug 20th, 2014 - 02:09 am - Link - Report abuse 0https://www.google.cl/search?q=argentina+continental+shelf+claim&client=safari&hl=en&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=PAD0U5qKFKfoiwLU3oHIDA&ved=0CC0QsAQ&biw=1024&bih=671#facrc=_&imgrc=eKvZPsVnt8DSMM%253A%3BXiElEQ081vuh9M%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fen.mercopress.com%252Fdata%252Fcache%252Fnoticias%252F18646%252F0x0%252Fc4a689b9a4d61bcabfca49603df73c6d.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fen.mercopress.com%252F2009%252F04%252F21%252Fargentina-continental-shelf-presentation-includes-falklands%3B566%3B800
I still would like to know how the British argue the Falkland Islands are NOT, when one uses objective scientific-geological parameters, part of the Patagonian/Argentine/South American continental shelf.
Aug 20th, 2014 - 03:23 am - Link - Report abuse 0http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patagonian_Shelf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patagonian_Shelf
@3
If that is the continental shelf, then how it that Argentina's fault of being so lucky geologically?
BTW, I DO NOT ADVOCATE ANY CLAIM ON THE FALKLAND ISLANDS OR ITS EEZ BASED ON “CONTINENTAL SHELF”, BECAUSE THE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS TO CHOOSING TRUMP THEM.
However, I certainly do see a complete legitimate right of Argentina to the entirety of the Argentine Sea ex-Falklands well beyond the current borders.
3 Chicureo
Aug 20th, 2014 - 03:25 am - Link - Report abuse 0We are not claiming the continental shelf of England or Europe are we?
UNCLOS and the VCLO Treaties. ' A treaty extends to all of a State's territory.'
Aug 20th, 2014 - 04:04 am - Link - Report abuse 0Argentina is welcome to extend and submit its claim over its continental shelf.
Aug 20th, 2014 - 04:39 am - Link - Report abuse 0Just as the Falkland Islands are also allowed to do. Though the Falklands get a great swath of ocean as Argentina's claim cannot go AROUND the territory of another country.
https://www.dur.ac.uk/resources/ibru/south_atlantic_maritime_claims.pdf
#5
Aug 20th, 2014 - 05:32 am - Link - Report abuse 0No, neither aré we, but a big slice of Antarctica belongs to us. We just let you and a few others keep bases there because were such friendly people...
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Cl-triconti-en.PNG/280px-Cl-triconti-en.PNG
@4
Aug 20th, 2014 - 08:13 am - Link - Report abuse 0Geological boundaries don't determine political boundaries, any more than avian migration patterns do. Tell your President. Islands, meanwhile, are considered to have their own continental shelf.
You can claim what the bloody hell you want, it means dick if you can't defend that claim.
Aug 20th, 2014 - 09:37 am - Link - Report abuse 0A lot of pontificating v practicality on here.
Argentina applied to extend it's limit to 350 nautical miles on 21st April 2009, but it wasn't accepted by the UN. :)
Aug 20th, 2014 - 09:45 am - Link - Report abuse 0@5 RG land can't claim territory or seas that belong to another sovereign State. RG land has been threatening to take the UK to the ICJ over Falklands oil exploration since Feb 2010. Why is it taking sooo l o n g? A sovereignty claim without a case is illegitimate and w o r t h l e s s.
Aug 20th, 2014 - 09:51 am - Link - Report abuse 0Exactly. The UNCLOS isn't a mechanism for stealing other people's islands.
Aug 20th, 2014 - 09:51 am - Link - Report abuse 0@5 RG land can't claim territory or seas that belong to another sovereign State. RG land has been threatening to take the UK to the ICJ over Falklands oil exploration since Feb 2010. Why is it taking sooo l o n g? A sovereignty claim without a case is illegitimate and w o r t h l e s s.
Aug 20th, 2014 - 09:52 am - Link - Report abuse 0#5
Aug 20th, 2014 - 09:56 am - Link - Report abuse 0Give it time !
Argentina can claim continental shelf prolongation so long as it does not conflict with any other claim. Their mistake was to seek to claim the Falklands cs in their application, thus creating a conflict on which UNCLOS will not judge....so it goes on the shelf. If Argentina had applied for prolongation of all that area excluding the Falklands it would likely have been granted. Foolish ?
Aug 20th, 2014 - 02:19 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Under the UNCLOS Convention, coastal states may claim their continental shelf for up to 200 nautical miles from shore (limited to half way between States with opposite or adjacent coasts).
Aug 20th, 2014 - 04:02 pm - Link - Report abuse 0The Falklands are over 250 nautical miles from Argentina.
A country can APPLY to extend that outer limit to up to 350 nautical miles and Argentina has done this on 21st April 2009, but it has NOT been accepted by the UN.
Argentina cannot have the Falklands or the Falklands territorial waters which extend half way to argentina.
@8. Actually, a big slice of Antarctica does NOT belong to you. Being a peaceable country, and otherwise engaged at the time, we forebore to argue whilst in the middle of a war. Bit sneaky of you that. Can you point at international recognition of Chilean territory in Antarctica? Of course not. So you own squat. All “claims” are suspended. Now don't get on your high horse. Remember that we stopped argieland invading you because they were busy being defeated by us. So, in time, we can have a nice, peaceful chat and agree that you can have a little less. You can have 80°W to 90°W. Or you could be like argies and disagree. You know what happened to them! But we're friends, aren't we? Although your defence minister appears to have forgotten.
Aug 20th, 2014 - 04:09 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Oh Conqueror,
Aug 20th, 2014 - 07:32 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Thankfully, Chile's noble claim upon Antarctica is in frozen suspension, just as your's, Argentina's, New Zealand, Norway, France and Australia.
Otherwise, we'd have the Americans, Russians, Chinese .... all making a mad territorial rush that would just confuse the penguins.
Like I've mentioned numerous times in the past, Chile enjoys cordial relations with HM's Government. I just posted the map to shake up the my kleptomaniac neighbors.
It's about time any government of Uruguay did something for the country and not just for themselves.
Aug 20th, 2014 - 07:44 pm - Link - Report abuse 0This is likely to be a unique experiece: WELL DONE.
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