Planting the Flag in Arctic Waters: Russia’s Claim to the North Pole
With its demonstrative setting of a Russian Flag on the seabed in the Arctic Ocean outside the 200 nautical miles limitation of the continental shelf in 2007 the Russian Federation has fuelled discussions on claims concerning the outer continental shelf by Arctic rim-States. Although the planting of...
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ftsubgoettingen:oai:publications.goettingen-research-online.de:2/93356 2023-09-05T13:16:19+02:00 Planting the Flag in Arctic Waters: Russia’s Claim to the North Pole Matz-Lueck, Neele 2009 application/pdf https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/93356 https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?goescholar/3275 https://doi.org/10.3249/1868-1581-1-2-matz-lueck en eng 1868-1581 https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/93356 doi:10.3249/1868-1581-1-2-matz-lueck https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?goescholar/3275 Goescholar https://goescholar.uni-goettingen.de/licenses openAccess Continental Shelf Arctic Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf dispute Settlement UN Convention on the Law of the Sea Russian Federation 340 journal_article yes unknown published_version 2009 ftsubgoettingen https://doi.org/10.3249/1868-1581-1-2-matz-lueck 2023-08-20T22:16:03Z With its demonstrative setting of a Russian Flag on the seabed in the Arctic Ocean outside the 200 nautical miles limitation of the continental shelf in 2007 the Russian Federation has fuelled discussions on claims concerning the outer continental shelf by Arctic rim-States. Although the planting of the flag on the ocean floor is irrelevant under international law, it reveals a political attitude that may make agreement and co-operation concerning the different demands more difficult. The disputes on the boundaries of the outer continental shelf cannot finally be settled by the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf or by dispute settlement under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea but only by agreement amongst the parties themselves. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Ocean Law of the Sea North Pole Georg-August-Universität Göttingen: GoeScholar Arctic Arctic Ocean North Pole |
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With its demonstrative setting of a Russian Flag on the seabed in the Arctic Ocean outside the 200 nautical miles limitation of the continental shelf in 2007 the Russian Federation has fuelled discussions on claims concerning the outer continental shelf by Arctic rim-States. Although the planting of the flag on the ocean floor is irrelevant under international law, it reveals a political attitude that may make agreement and co-operation concerning the different demands more difficult. The disputes on the boundaries of the outer continental shelf cannot finally be settled by the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf or by dispute settlement under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea but only by agreement amongst the parties themselves. |
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Planting the Flag in Arctic Waters: Russia’s Claim to the North Pole |
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Planting the Flag in Arctic Waters: Russia’s Claim to the North Pole |
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Planting the Flag in Arctic Waters: Russia’s Claim to the North Pole |
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Planting the Flag in Arctic Waters: Russia’s Claim to the North Pole |
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