Practice question
Two States have an EEZ delimitation agreement in force. An official says Article 74(1)’s equitable-solution objective lets the State ignore the agreement unilaterally without any legal basis for its termination or change. Which paragraph directly answers that claim?
- Only an advertisement governs
- No agreement can ever matter
- The treaty is automatically void whenever policy changes
- Article 74(4) directs delimitation questions to be determined under the in-force agreement
- A private operator may choose the line
Legal references
- UNCLOS, Articles 74-75: https://www.un.org/Depts/los/convention_agreements/texts/unclos/part5.htm
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