Commission on Limits of Continental Shelf to Meet at Headquarters, 20 October to 28 November

NEW YORK, 17 October (Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea) — The Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf will hold its thirty-sixth session from 20 October to 28 November.

There will be no plenary part of the session.  The entirety of the six weeks will be devoted to the technical examination of submissions at the geographic information systems laboratories and other technical facilities of the Division.

There are currently nine subcommissions actively considering the submissions made by Uruguay; the Cook Islands concerning the Manihiki Plateau; Argentina; Pakistan; Norway in respect of Bouvetøya and Dronning Maud Land; South Africa in respect of the South African Mainland; the Federated States of Micronesia, Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands jointly in respect of the Ontong Java Plateau; France and South Africa jointly in respect of the area of the Crozet Archipelago and the Prince Edward Islands; and Mauritius in respect of the region of Rodrigues Island.

As required under the Rules of Procedure of the Commission, the executive summaries of all the submissions, including all charts and coordinates, have been made public by the Secretary-General through continental shelf notifications circulated to Member States of the United Nations, as well as States parties to the Convention.  The executive summaries are available on the Division’s website at www.un.org/Depts/los/clcs_new/clcs_home.htm.  The summaries of recommendations adopted by the Commission are available on the above-referenced website.

For additional information on the work of the Commission, please visit the website of the Division at http://www.un.org/depts/los/index.htm.