Practice question
States have an EEZ delimitation agreement in force. One State’s later chart accidentally plots the agreed coordinates against a different datum, shifting the printed line. No agreement amendment or other valid change occurs. Officials argue that depositing the erroneous chart automatically amends the treaty boundary. Which is correct?
- Deposit is not itself an amendment of the in-force agreement; Article 74(4) still directs questions to that agreement.
- Every deposited map overrides every treaty
- The printing error automatically transfers all land sovereignty
- The UN Secretary-General decides the amendment by accepting mail
- Private printers acquire the power to redraw the boundary
Legal references
- UNCLOS, Articles 74-75: https://www.un.org/Depts/los/convention_agreements/texts/unclos/part5.htm
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