2672

Researcher: 
Mitchell
Signature/Entry into Force/Termination
Signature Date (yyyy-mm-dd): 
1958-04-29
Signature Year: 
1958
Signature Place: 
Geneva
Entry into force (EIF) Date: 
1964-06-10
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.
Treaty Text: 
Convention On The Continental Shelf
Treaty Type
Multilateral / Bilateral / Other - New: 
Multilateral (3 or more governments)
Agreement Type Level 3: 
Convention
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.
Specific words used to code agreement as E (environmental): 
natural resources
Lineage
Lineage: 
Law of the Sea
Sequence: 
100.000
Secretariat and auspices
Secretariat: 
United Nations Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea
Org Auspices: 
United Nations
Legacy
Hidden fields
Version: 
2007.10
AmendProtToB: 
2672
AmendProtToC: 
2672
AmendProtToType: 
Agreement
Inclusion Auto-Generated: 
MEA - Multilateral Environmental Agreements
Subject: 
Nature
Category: 
ENV
UNEP2005pg: 
40
Coded Text: 
x
Lang1: 
EN.txt
Deletable
Treaty Text (legacy)
Core Filename: 
1958-ContinentalShelf
Source (URL) for text of treaty: 
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/dfat/treaties/1963/12.html
Notes (incl. non-URL source for text): 
replaced by UNCLOS
Date text posted to IEA: 
200502
Member Code: 
AFG,ALB,ARG,AUS,BLR,BOL,BIH,BGR,KHM,CAN,CHL,COL,CRI,HRV,CUB,CYP,CZE,DNK,DOM,ECU,FJI,FIN,FRA,DEU,GHA,GRC,GTM,HTI,ISL,IDN,IRN,IRL,ISR,JAM,KEN,LVA,LBN,LSO,LBR,MDG,MWI,MYS,MLT,MUS,MEX,NPL,NLD,NZL,NGA,NOR,PAK,PAN,PER,POL,PRT,ROU,RUS,SEN,SLE,SVK,SLB,ZAF,ESP,LKA,SWZ,SWE,CHE,THA,TON,TTO,TUN,UGA,UKR,GBR,USA,URY,VEN,YUG,
Members: 
Afghanistan, Albania, Argentina, Australia, Belarus, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Iceland, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Jamaica, Kenya, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Uganda, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Yugoslavia,
OrigMEAgrees: 
1
Related Accord Relationship: 
O
Related Accord Date: 
1958-04-29
Related Accord Name: 
Convention on the Continental Shelf