Click to edit Master title style Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level 1 30/09/03 1 The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and the Delineation of the Outer Limits of the Continental Shelf UNCLOS

Click to edit Master title style Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level 2 30/09/ “Calls upon the United Nations Environment Programme, working 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;” UN General Assembly Resolution

Click to edit Master title style Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level 3 30/09/03 3 PARAGRAPH 1 The Continental shelf extends either: to the outer edge of the continental margin or: to 200 nautical miles where the continental margin does not extend that far

Click to edit Master title style Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level 4 30/09/03 4 Determination of the outer edge Sediments Nautical Miles( M ) Oceanic crust Crysteline continental crust Foot of slope 60M 1 % of distance to foot of slope

Click to edit Master title style Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level 5 30/09/03 5 Coastal State Responsibility To submit particulars of the limits beyond 200 nautical miles along with supporting scientific and technical data. To make such a submission as soon as possible but in any case within 10 years of the entry into force of the Convention for that State (May 2009).

Click to edit Master title style Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level 6 30/09/03 6 Volume 70 to 80 States Norway started 1996, plan to submit in 2006 – >10 mill US $ Land area of Norway will only be 12 % of the total area

Click to edit Master title style Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level 7 30/09/03 7 Arctic Continental Shelf future delineation UN Convention of the Seas, Russian submission 2002

Click to edit Master title style Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level 8 30/09/03 8 International workshop (March 2003) Report delivered to Norwegian MoFA Asked by UNEP to coordinate the work and plan the implementation. Feasibility Study

Click to edit Master title style Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level 9 30/09/03 9 Facility objective Serve the needs of developing coastal States and small island developing States, and act on their request regarding the delineation of their continental shelf Secure the right for own resources for the States Ensure Sustainable Development Build capacity in the States Assist in quality assurance of the submission

Click to edit Master title style Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level 10 30/09/03 10 Facility Activities ”One stop data shop” Definitions and specification Capacity Building –Workshops –Hands on training –Online training and exchange of information

Click to edit Master title style Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level 11 30/09/03 11 Facility Organisation A network with a coordinating centre –GRID centres –Other organisations Steering Committee

Click to edit Master title style Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level 12 30/09/03 12 Way forward Only 5 years to May 2009 Secure funding Define pilot projects East Africa CCOP (Committee for Coastal and Offshore Geoscience Programs in East and Southeast Asia)

Click to edit Master title style Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level 13 30/09/03 13 Implementation phases for States 1.Scanning (preliminary studies) 2.Desktop Study 3.Acquisition of supplementary data 4.Interpretation and analysis 5.Compilation and Submission 6.Follow up