Accession Number:

ADA090819

Title:

International Boundary Study. Series A. Limits in the Seas. Number 44, Straight Baselines: Argentina.

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

DEPARTMENT OF STATE WASHINGTON DC BUREAU OF INTELLIGENCE AND RESEARCH

Personal Author(s):

Report Date:

1972-08-10

Pagination or Media Count:

6.0

Abstract:

The Government of Argentina, by declaration and legislation, has created a system of straight baselines. The system, however, appears to relate more to claims based on the historic bay theory than to the articles of the Geneva Convention on the territorial sea, which apply to straight baselines. The system enclosed the estuary of the Rio de la Plata, which is shared geographically with Uruguay, and the gulfs of San Matias, Nuevo, and San Jorge. The Rio de la Plata estuary was included in the United Nations document ACONF.131 Memorandum Concerning Historic Bays prepared for the 1958 Geneva Conference on the law of the sea. The bases for the claims to historicity for the remaining bays are not known. Author

Descriptors:

• *BOUNDARIES
• *GEOGRAPHIC AREAS
• INTERNATIONAL
• LEGISLATION
• ARGENTINA

Subject Categories:

• Government and Political Science

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE