Seychelles–Tanzania Maritime Boundary Agreement
Agreement between the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania and the Government of the Republic of Seychelles on the Delimitation of the Maritime Boundary of the Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf | |
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Type | Boundary delimitation |
Signed | 23 January 2002 |
Location | Victoria, Seychelles |
Effective | 23 January 2002 |
Parties | |
Depositary | United Nations Secretariat |
Languages | English; French |
The Seychelles–Tanzania Maritime Boundary Agreement is a 2002
delimits the maritime boundary between the two countries.[1]
The agreement was signed in
second of the latitude and longitude coordinates). Only one other maritime boundary is defined as precisely—the Iraq–Kuwait maritime boundary, which was defined in 1993 by the United Nations
Boundary Demarcation Committee. The agreed-to boundary is an approximate equidistant line between the two countries. The two countries had been negotiating their maritime boundary since 1989.
The treaty came into force on the day of signature. The full name of the treaty is Agreement between the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania and the Government of the Republic of Seychelles on the Delimitation of the Maritime Boundary of the Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf.
Notes
- ^ Charney, Jonathan et al. (2005). International Maritime Boundaries, pp. 3795–3804.
References
- ISBN 9789004144798; OCLC 23254092
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