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Delimitation of maritime boundary between Bangladesh and Myanmar in Bay of Bengal
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Benyamin Taheri    , Mohamad Setayeshpur |
| University Qom , benyamin.taheri021@gmail.com |
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Abstract: (534 Views) |
Background and theoretical foundations of the research: Geographical conditions, especially the conditions related to coastal geography, are very important in determining the boundaries of the maritime borders at a distance of 200 miles from the coastlines of the parties. Geographical conditions, especially those related to the natural rise of the flanking landmasses, are important in determining the maritime boundaries on the outer continental shelf for more than 200 miles. The most salient geographical circumstance relating to the delimitation of the maritime boundary at 200 miles is the fact that Bangladesh lies within a distinct depression at the northeastern extremity of the Bay of Bengal. The Bay of Bengal and much of its coastline contain a second and even deeper depression within the general depression formed by its coastline as a whole. Due to its concave coastline, Bangladesh is heavily influenced by the equilateral lines claimed by Myanmar and India from their respective land border terminals with Bangladesh, which cut well within 200 miles of Bangladesh's coast, denying its access to the EEZ. It cuts off 200 miles. The present article describes the geographical, geological and geomorphological conditions related to the demarcation of the maritime border between Bangladesh and Myanmar in the Bay of Bengal and has reviewed it in a library method by examining conventions and judicial procedures. In the following, it deals with the proposals and methods for delimiting the maritime boundaries that have been presented by the International Court of Law of the Sea.
Research method: Our method in compiling and compiling this research is a descriptive analytical study and by using books, documents, articles and legal documents related to the investigation of the delimitation of the maritime border between Bangladesh and Myanmar in the Bay of Bengal. It has been investigated and studied and what can be used and reflected in this field, it is taken and then it is analyzed and finally it is presented.
Findings: If Myanmar does not have the right to an external continental shelf according to Article 76 of the 1982 Convention, then Myanmar's existing claims regarding the bilateral area claimed by Bangladesh and the trilateral area claimed by Bangladesh and India are also invalid. Because both regions are more than 200 miles from the coast of each of these three states. Since Bangladesh, in contrast, can demonstrate a legal and scientific basis for a natural extension of its coast, it should be entitled to an outer continental shelf under the Convention. Any boundary between that shelf and Myanmar shall not be further from the coast of Myanmar than the legal shelf of 200 miles provided for in Article 76. Therefore there is no overlapping plateau beyond 200 miles from Myanmar, and therefore Bangladesh is entitled to its own claimed outer continental shelf adjacent to Myanmar's 200 mile range.
Conclusion: It should be noted that there is a small wedge-shaped area immediately beyond the EEZ of Bangladesh, located 200 miles from the Myanmar mainland. So, in theory, there is a small area of the Bangladeshi continental shelf covered by waters that Myanmar claims as its EEZ. This is not a one-time event. It occurs wherever two conditions are present: (a) a maritime delimitation line which is not an exact equidistant line reaches a point 200 miles from the nearer of the two coasts and consequently the limits of the exclusive economic zone attributable to that coast) and (b) there is an underlying physical continental shelf beyond that point |
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| Keywords: Bangladesh, demarcation of maritime boundaries, Bay of Bengal, geographical boundary, Myanmar |
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Type of Study: Research/ Original/ Regular Article |
Subject:
Coastal Oceanography
Received: 2023/10/25 | Revised: 2024/06/18 | Accepted: 2024/06/13 | ePublished: 2024/03/5
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