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Researcher: 
Mitchell
Data entry notes: 
replaced by UNCLOS
Treaty Name and Text
Agreement Name: 
Convention On The Continental Shelf
Possible Sources (additional): 
ECOLEX-1950; RS-VI:2928; RS-XVI:8297; SMTFE-1; Fletcher, CIESIN, Burhenne, Rummel-Bulska, UNEP96, Embree; tre-0190.txt; reg-019.txt; UNTS vol. 499, p. 311.
Signature/Entry into Force/Termination
Date IEA was signed: 
1958-04-29
Signature Year: 
1958
Place IEA was signed: 
Geneva
Date IEA entered into force: 
1964-06-10
Treaty Type
Membership eligibility (multilateral, bilateral, etc): 
Agreement Type Level 3: 
E (environment) Code (agreement is environmental or not): 
Environmental
Source for E (environmental) code: 
Text: Art.2.1: The coastal State exercises over the continental shelf sovereign rights for the purpose of exploring it and exploiting its natural resources.
Text used for E (environmental) coding: 
Text: Art.2.1: The coastal State exercises over the continental shelf sovereign rights for the purpose of exploring it and exploiting its natural resources.
Words used to code as Environmental: 
natural resources
Lineage
Lineage: 
Law of the Sea
Sequence in lineage: 
100.000
Secretariat and auspices
Org Auspices: 
United Nations
Legacy
Hidden fields
Version: 
2007.10
Inclusion Auto-Generated: 
MEA - Multilateral Environmental Agreements
Subject: 
Nature
Category: 
ENV
Coded Text: 
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