Protecting maritime boundary
It indeed makes a sad and sordid commentary on the state of affaires that Bangladesh has miserably failed to stop India and Myanmar encroaching upon its maritime territory. The seismic survey of Bangladesh's territorial sea line has now become crucial as a UN set deadline for lodging maritime claims is to expire in next three years exposing Bangladesh to risks of losing a vast territory in the Bay of Bengal. Bangladesh signed the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea called (UNCLS) in 2001 and under the law we are obligated to lodge our claim on the maritime boundary by 2011 It is a matter of great regret, unfortunately Bangladesh could not make any major headway in lodging its claims through seismic and other studies despite the fact the country could lose an area in the sea which is larger than the mainland Bangladesh. Experts said, Bangladesh needs to start the seismic survey immediately to claim its legitimate sea territory.Under the convention Bangladesh was required to submit necessary documents to the UN to validate it claim of territorial water, Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) up to 200 nautical miles (nm) and continental shelf up to 350 nm from the baseline.
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