On 18 March 2024 the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the International Seabed Authority stated its position on the question of delineating the outer continental shelf limits of Non-Parties to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, more specifically the previously reported practice of the USA concerning its announcement of outer limits. The Russian statement objects to the US announcement of outer continental shelf limits without the USA first obtaining recommendations from the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf, upon which final and binding boundaries can be established (UNCLOS, Art 76(8)). Russia also raises concerns regarding application of Article 82 of UNCLOS concerning the payments or contributions in kind with respect to the exploitation of the extended continental shelf. The statement concludes:
[T]he Russian Federation declares that it does not recognise the outer limits of the continental shelf that were unilaterally established by the United States.
Doc No. 545-25-03-2024, https://mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/1940722/
The USA’s position on possible submission to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf, as detailed in the Executive Summary (2023) is:
The United States has prepared a package of data and documents on its continental shelf limits for submission to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf […] The United States will file its submission package with the Commission upon accession to the Convention. The United States is also open to filing its submission package with the Commission as a non-Party to the Convention.
Executive Summary (2023), p. 6
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