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UNCLOS
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Law of
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the Outer Limits of the Continental
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Shelf
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UN General Assembly Resolution
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... “Calls upon the United Nations Environment Programme, working
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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;”
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PARAGRAPH 1
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The Continental
shelf
extends
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Determination of the outer edge
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Crysteline continental crust
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Foot of
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Coastal State Responsibility
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To make
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but in any case within 10 years of the entry into
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force of the Convention for that State (May
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Volume
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• 70 to 80 States
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• Norway started 1996, plan to submit
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in 2006
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– >10 mill US $
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area of Norway will only be 12
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Arctic Continental Shelf
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UN Convention of the Seas, Russian submission 20027
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Feasibility Study
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Facility objective
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Serve the needs of developing coastal States and
small island developing States, and act on their
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regarding
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delineation
continental
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• Secure the right for own resources for the States
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• Ensure Sustainable Development
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• Build level
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Facility Activities
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• Capacity Building
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– Hands on training
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– Online training and exchange of information
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Facility Organisation
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• A network with a coordinating centre
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– GRID centres
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– Other organisations
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• Steering Committee
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Way forward
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• Only 5 years to May 2009
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• Secure funding
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• Define pilot projects
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• East Africa
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Geoscience Programs in East and
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Southeast Asia)
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Implementation phases for States
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Scanning
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2. Desktop Study
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Acquisition of supplementary data
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Interpretation
Compilation
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6. Follow up
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