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UNCLOS Click to edit Master title style • • • • • 30/09/03 1 ThetoUnited Nations on the Click edit Master textConvention styles Law of the Sea and the Delineation of Second level the Outer Limits of the Continental Third level Shelf Fourth level Fifth level 1 UN General Assembly Resolution Click to edit Master title style ... “Calls upon the United Nations Environment Programme, working • • • • • 30/09/03 2 within the Global Resource Information Database (GRID) system for data and information management, to expand on a voluntary basis the capacity of existing GRID centres to store and handle research data from the outer continental margin, on a basis to be mutually agreed with the coastal State, and complementary to existing regional data centres, giving due regard to confidentiality needs and in accordance with Part XIII of the Convention, and making use of existing data management mechanisms under the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission and the International Hydrographic Organisation, with a view to serving the needs of coastal States, and in particular developing countries and small island developing States, in their compliance with article 76 of the Convention;” Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level 2 PARAGRAPH 1 Click to edit Master title style • • • • • 30/09/03 3 The Continental shelf extends Click to edit Master text styles either: Second level to the outer edge of the continental margin Third level or: level Fourth 200 nautical miles where the Fifthtolevel continental margin does not extend that far 3 Determination of the outer edge Click to edit Master title style • • • • • Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Crysteline continental crust Fourth level Fifth level Foot of slope 60M 1 % of distance to foot of slope Oceanic crust Nautical Miles( M ) 0 30/09/03 4 100 200 300 400 4 Coastal State Responsibility Click to edit Master title style • To submit particulars of the limits beyond 200 • Click to edit text supporting styles scientific nautical milesMaster along with and technical • Second level data. To make • •Third levelsuch a submission as soon as possible but in any case within 10 years of the entry into • Fourth level force of the Convention for that State (May • Fifth level 2009). 30/09/03 5 5 Volume Click to edit Master title style • • • • • 30/09/03 6 • 70 to 80 States Click to edit Master text styles • Norway started 1996, plan to submit Second level in 2006 Third level – >10 mill US $ Fourth • Landlevel area of Norway will only be 12 Fifth level % of the total area 6 Arctic Continental Shelf future Clickdelineation to edit Master title style • • • • • Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level UN Convention of the Seas, Russian submission 20027 30/09/03 7 Feasibility Study Click to edit Master title style •International workshop (March 2003) •Report delivered Norwegian • Click to edit Mastertotext styles MoFA •Asked by UNEP to coordinate the work and • • • • 30/09/03 8 Second level plan the implementation. Third level Fourth level Fifth level 8 Facility objective Click to edit Master title style • • • • • 30/09/03 9 Serve the needs of developing coastal States and small island developing States, and act on their Click to edit Master stylesof their request regarding the text delineation continental Second levelshelf • Secure the right for own resources for the States Third level • Ensure Sustainable Development Fourth • Build level capacity in the States • Assist in quality assurance of the submission Fifth level 9 Facility Activities Click to edit Master title style • • • • • • ”Oneto stop data shop” text styles Click edit Master • Definitions and specification Second level • Capacity Building – Workshops Third level – Hands on training Fourth level – Online training and exchange of information Fifth level 30/09/03 10 10 Facility Organisation Click to edit Master title style • • • • • • A network with a coordinating centre Click to edit Master text styles – GRID centres Second level – Other organisations Third level • Steering Committee Fourth level Fifth level 30/09/03 11 11 Way forward Click to edit Master title style • • • • • • Only 5 years to May 2009 Click to edit Master text styles • Secure funding Second level • Define pilot projects Third level • East Africa Fourth• CCOP level (Committee for Coastal and Offshore Geoscience Programs in East and Fifth level 30/09/03 12 Southeast Asia) 12 Implementation phases for States Click to edit Master title style Scanning studies) • 1.Click to edit(preliminary Master text styles 2. Desktop Study • 3.Second level Acquisition of supplementary data • 4.Third level and analysis Interpretation Compilation • 5.Fourth level and Submission 6. Follow up • Fifth level 30/09/03 13 13