GRID-Arendal: Annual Report 2011

UNEP Shelf Programme The UNEP Shelf Programme was established to assist dev­ eloping states and SIDS to complete the activities required to delineate the outer limits of their continental shelves. Since 12May 2009, the focus of the UNEP Shelf Programme has been to assist developing countries in transforming their Preliminary Information Documents into full submissions.

• The 2011 capacity building programme included technical and legal support for the negotiation of the 22 cases of unresolved boundaries in the region. The inclusion of maritime boundaries that were not originally foreseen has resulted in the expansion of the number of countries participating in the pro- gramme, to 13 countries.

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States that lodged a submission to the CLCS

States that lodged a submission to the CLCS

States that lodged Preliminary Information but did not disclose the extent of the area

States that lodged Preliminary Information but did not disclose the extent of the area

Exclusive Economic Zone

Exclusive Economic Zone

Area of outer continental shelf according to the Executive Summaries of the submissions Area of outer continental shelf according to Preliminary Information

Area of outer continental shelf according to the Executive Summaries of the submissions Area of outer continental shelf according to Preliminary Information

Sources: DOALOS/CLCS

Sources: DOALOS/CLCS

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