United Nations – Nippon Foundation Fellowship Alumni

For immediate unrestricted release: New York, 29 May 2009

Fully funded fellowship opportunity for developing States

United Nations – the Nippon Foundation of Japan Fellowship Programme – Applications for 2010 Session

The Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea (DOALOS) of the Office of Legal Affairs is now accepting applications for the 2010-2011 session of the United Nations – The Nippon Foundation of Japan Fellowship Programme. We are pleased to note that during the last five years, 55 awards have been made to nationals of 48 States. The deadline for submissions has been set for 15 August 2009.

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By Andi Arsana

Extended Continental Shelf

The deadline has past for many coastal States in their race to secure a larger continental shelf (seabed). May 13, 2009 was the deadline for many States to submit information concerning the outer limits of their continental shelf to the United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) in New York. By submitting the information, coastal States have the opportunity to secure rights to the seabed beyond 200 nautical miles (370 kilometers) from their baseline (coast line), pursuant to the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea 1982 (Law of the Sea Convention, LOSC). For the many States that ratified the LOSC before May 13, 1999, (including Indonesia) the deadline was May 13, 2009. Meanwhile, other States, which ratified the LOSC after May 13, 1999, have 10 years after ratification.

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