New York: Dr. Dipu Moni, Foreign Minister of Bangladesh addresses the members of the UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) 24th August at its twenty-eighth session at the UN Headquarters in New York. She, along with other members of the delegation made a presentation on the submission of Bangladesh that was lodged with the United Nations on 25 February 2011 for delineation of its outer continental shelf in the Bay of Bengal under the provisions of Article 76 of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea 1982. The delegation included the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations, Additional Secretary (UNCLOS) and other external and local experts associated with the submission.  The presentation was aimed at enlightening the Commissioners of the critical legal and technical aspects of Bangladesh’s right to outer Continental Shelf. The Commission, after examination of data submitted by Bangladesh will give recommendations on Bangladesh’s submission. Mentionable, the area, for which Bangladesh has submitted the data, ranges from 390-460 Nautical Miles southwards from the coastline of Bangladesh.

Foreign Minister met the local Bangla press at the Mission after her presentation. She briefed them on Bangladesh’s claim on the continental shelf.

প্রকাশিত: 25 August 2011

Foreign Minister Dr. Dipu Moni presents Bangladesh’s continental shelf submission to the UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf

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