Meeting of States Parties

To Law of Sea Convention

57^th Meeting (PM)

LAW OF SEA PARTIES ELECT NEW JUDGE FOR TRIBUNAL,

DISCUSS CONTINENTAL SHELF DRAFT

CORRECTION

The statement by Iceland’s delegate to the Eleventh Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on the Law of the Sea, which appeared in Press Release SEA/1705 of 16 May, should have read as follows:

The representative of Iceland said that the question of the starting date for calculating the 10-year time limit was an organizational matter.  It was appropriate that the Meeting adopt a consensus decision on it.  However, the Meeting should not take a decision on the draft's third provision, which proposed to extend the deadline for submissions.

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