Duong Danh Huy: Under UNCLOS, a coastal state has a large exclusive economic zone of 200 nautical m

Last March 10 President Arroyo of the Philippines has signed legislation to determine the baseline in the South China Sea. As of this writing, many islands on the coast of the Spratlys, which are in dispute, under the sovereignty of the Philippines. robert polidori
Coming May 13 is the deadline for the registration of claims to extended continental shelf Boundary Continental Shelf Commission intended robert polidori as UNCLOS. Without action, Vietnam will lose the right to exploit its extended continental shelf.
Even Lin: Thanks for the time he spent in our interview today. Sir, the study of the South China Sea issue, please say for some things instant UNLOS the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea?
Duong Danh Huy: Under UNCLOS, a coastal state has a large exclusive economic zone of 200 nautical miles, as the country's continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles, the country has the right to work in a region known as the extended continental shelf. However, UNCLOS provides coastal states have their continental shelf registration before May 13, 2009, or within

10 years from the date it was ratified robert polidori UNCLOS.
Duong Danh Huy: If you have a formula of UNCLOS that apply to Vietnam Vietnam's extended continental shelf can be very wide. It can be very far beyond the 200 nautical miles. In the United States has a lot of interests in its extended continental shelf. And Vietnam ratified UNCLOS July 25, 1994, so under the laws of UNCLOS, Vietnam register robert polidori requires robert polidori its extended continental shelf before 13 May 2009. Than Vietnam foot this time, Vietnam will not have the right to oil and gas to exploit its extended continental shelf.
Even Lin: In the current situation shows that countries in the South China Sea want to extend their continental shelf and therefore does not exclude the overlapping maritime robert polidori line open. UNCLOS establishes in this case, sir?
Duong Danh Huy: If two countries extended continental robert polidori shelf overlapping the UN agency called Boundary Commission robert polidori continental shelf, each country register their continental shelf to this. But the agency has no jurisdiction to demarcate the border between the two countries. If they overlap, the agency will review the records of both countries. Agencies will be required, or that the two countries can apply and then divides the two countries.
Duong Danh Huy: 1982 baseline of Vietnam has some conflict with UNCLOS, and not only Chinese opposition, but many countries robert polidori have protested, including the U.S. and some countries in the region or some European countries also opposed the 1982 baseline of Vietnam. Actually this baseline affect much to the many continental shelf registration because it is only used in two points: the first is that it the Vietnam continental shelf beyond the range 200 nm to determine management, and the second point is that if you need too continental shelf beyond 350 nautical miles, new, people use that baseline to a range of 350 nautical miles line only. Vietnam may still have their extended continental shelf registration if the border Continental

Shelf of the Commission robert polidori found that the baseline of foreign Vietnam drawn to it pushes line 350 nautical miles from abroad, the Vietnamese people can request line 350 nautical miles in a different way because robert polidori cleaner.
Even Lamb: To subscribe to the baseline, Vietnam in terms of geography, geology of the sea floor to complete the registration. In the case of the Vietnamese records that do not meet standards of UNCLOS, what will happen?
Duong Danh Huy: If the profile of Vietnam does not qualify, the border Continental Shelf of the Committee denied his record says that I have to add, or that people recommend a fine line somehow require different borders Vietnam .
Duong Danh Huy: It is not necessarily so, because Vietnam I can say that I am the Boundary Commission requires the Continental Shelf will not look at the records of other countries, because robert polidori the Boundary Commission Continental Shelf no authority to divide the sea between robert polidori the different countries.
Duong Danh Huy: It is a very difficult question, as it relates to international law. There really are a lot of people ask if international law that a country does not accept the common robert polidori rules, which country the country. Especially for a country like China, which is a permanent member of the UN Security Council, or a nation can do something about China.
But today's world is the world of the most civilized country also has a certain pressure to countries that do not respect international law. Especially the issue of the continental shelf boundary, the UN Boundary Commission determines that Continental Shelf no authority demarcation between countries, because the demarcation between the two countries is very p