COMMISSION ON LIMITS OF CONTINENTAL SHELF TO MEET AT HEADQUARTERS, 16-20 JUNE CORRECTION

Press Release
SEA/1553/

COMMISSION ON LIMITS OF CONTINENTAL SHELF TO MEET AT HEADQUARTERS, 16-20 JUNE CORRECTION

In Press Release SEA/1553 of 11 June, the first paragraph on page 1 should read:

The Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf will hold its first session at Headquarters from 16 to 20 June. The Commission is the body mandated by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea to make recommendations to coastal States who claim that their continental shelf extends beyond 200 nautical miles from their coasts. The Convention entered into force on 16 November 1994.

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