International
Ambassador Rahming Submits Bahamas Claim to Extened Continental Shelf to UN Commission
By Oswald Brown
Feb 11, 2014 - 11:17:10 PM

His Excellency Dr. Elliston Rahming, Bahamas Ambassador to the United Nations and the Organization of American States (OAS) presents the Executive Summary of CLCS to Mrs. Gabriele Goettsche-Wanli, Director of the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea and Office of Legal Affairs to the United Nations.

New York -- His Excellency Dr. Elliston Rahming, Bahamas Ambassador to the United Nations and the Organization of American States (OAS),  accompanied by Legal Officer Craig Powell, on Monday, February 3, 2014, officially submitted The Bahamas’ claim to an extended continental shelf located in the northeast region of the Bahamian archipelago  to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS), in accordance with Article 76, of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).

The ceremony took place at the Office of the United Nations Secretary General and Division for the Ocean Affairs and Law of the Sea (DOALAS). The submission was composed of an Executive Summary and the Main Body. Supporting data will be presented to the chairman of the CLCS in order to have it recorded by the Secretary-General of the United Nations.

The establishment of the Outer Limits of the Continental Shelf beyond 200 nautical miles, as defined in Article 76 of the UNCLOS, will enable The Bahamas to claim the valuable natural resources such as oil, gas and minerals found in that region.

Due to the high cost and extensive technical capacity required to comply with the provisions of Article 76, the Commonwealth Secretariat has provided technical assistance to the The Bahamas with the drafting of the submission to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf.

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