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U.S.-Mexico Continental Shelf Boundary in Gulf of Mexico

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2017

Sean D. Murphy
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Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
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American Journal of International Law , Volume 95 , Issue 2 , April 2001 , pp. 393
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2001

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References

1 See Treaty with Mexico on Delimitation of Continental Shelfjune 9,2000, U.S.-Mex., S. Treaty Doc. No. 106–39 (2000) (hereinafter Delimitation Treaty). For Senate advice and consent, see 106 Cong. Rec .S10658–59 (daily ed. Oct. 18, 2000).

2 While the United Nations Convention for the Law of the Sea, opened for signature Dec. 10, 1982, 1833 UNTS 397, reprinted in 21 ILM 1261 (1982), contains provisions on living resources that traverse jurisdictional zones, it contains no provisions regarding mineral or other nonliving resources that straddle boundaries delimiting areas subject to the jurisdiction of different coastal states. For a discussion of the treatment of oil and gas deposits in maritime-boundary agreements, see Miyoshi, Masahiro, The Joint Development of Offshore Oil and Gas in Relation to Maritime Boundary Delimitation (International Boundaries Research Unit, Maritime Briefing No. 5, 1999)Google Scholar; David, M. Ong, Joint Development of Common Offshore Oil and Gas Deposits: “Mere” State Practice or Customary International Law? 93 AJIL 771 (1999)Google Scholar.

3 [Editor’s Note: Treaty to Resolve Pending Boundary Differences and Maintain the Rio Grande and Colorado River as the International Boundary, Nov. 23, 1970, U.S.-Mex., 23 UST 371.]

4 [Editor’s Note: Treaty on Maritime Boundaries Between the United States of America and the United Mexican States, May 4, 1978, U.S.-Mex., S. Exec. Doc. F, 96-1 (1979).]

5 U.S. Dep’t of State Press Release on U.S. Senate Approves U.S.-Mexico Boundary Treaty (Oct. 23, 2000), at <http://www.state.gov>.

6 Delimitation Treaty, supra note 1, Art. IV( 1).

7 Id.,Art. IV(3).

8 Id., Art. IV(4), (5), & (6).

9 Id., Art.V(l)(b).

10 Id., Art.V(2).

11 See Agreement with the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics on the Maritime Boundary, June 1,1990, U.S.-U.S.S.R., S. Treaty Doc. No. 101-22 (1990).