Japanese case of wishful thinking on the red Bird reef reports and statements to the lack of basis

red bird on the 1700 kilometers sea the Tokyo, Japan, South Reef

Chinese network television news: a few days, the debate on the red Bird reef Japan very public. Japanese Foreign Ministry announced on April 28, the application of the extended continental shelf for the first time the approval of the United Nations, which involved a red bird reef. The comments of the Japanese side, China’s State Oceanic Administration Web site recently published an article to refute the relevant statement from the Japanese side that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan and Kyodo News, Japan’s continental shelf extends to serious inaccuracies in applications relevant to the proposed statement and reports of the United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (full text ).

reporter has learned that the April 20, the United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf in its 29th meeting on the completion of the scrutiny of Japan’s submission and make final recommendations. At this point, the current work of the Committee has been completed. Although the United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf is yet to be announced on the outcome of the case of Japan the delimitation of the continental shelf, but according to Ben Wang has learned that the authority, the relevant statement of the Japanese side and reported the lack of basis, it is wishful thinking.

Japan say the lack of basis

red Bird reef is one of Japan’s southern Pacific Ocean atoll, at high tide only two rocks above water, with an area less than 10 square meters. In essence, the crucial point of the red Bird reef is the Japanese do not have the legal rights based rocks to advocate large tracts of the sea areas under the jurisdiction of this claim does not meet the relevant provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.

November 12, 2008, Japan submitted to the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf of the continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles of the submission. The Japanese side of this proposal the Commission has so far received one of the most complex submission, and stick this reason, in accordance with the provisions of section 121 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea “, the” red bird “for the reef, its exposed two reefs of the sea a total area of ??less than 10 square meters, a “can not sustain human habitation or economic life of the reef, there should be no exclusive economic zone or continental shelf”, the red bird reef does not have advocated the exclusive economic zone and the basis of the rights of the continental shelf.

In this case, the Japanese side of the illegal claims by the resolute opposition of the international community widely questioned, and China, the Korean government. China and South Korea on three occasions to the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf addressed a note on illegal claims against Japan.

any intelligent person just a little to think about will be able to understand, less than 1O-square-meter two reefs, to advocate an area equivalent to the two big continental shelf and exclusive economic zones, which How could that be? The skin does not exist, the hair adhere to? “Reef two to be recognized by the international mainstream public opinion, how can the same as that can be used to advocate the exclusive economic zone or continental shelf of the island?

believe that the extensive questioning of the face, the resolute opposition of the ROK government and the international community, the United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf will be the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea “is based on objective and fair manner careful handling of the illegal claims of the Japanese side.

, ruling with legal effect

continental temperature range of the United Nations Commission on the Limits of institutions according to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea established in 1997 to work, the The main function is to consider the submissions by coastal States concerning the outer limits of the extended to the continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles and make recommendations. That is to say, the most important work of the members of the United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf is the consideration of coastal States continental shelf outer limit of the proposition case. According to data submitted by States, the Commission will make a technical validation, ruled that the submission made in line with the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, and this ruling will become the important support of the basis of the maritime delimitation. In short, the decision of the United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf is “clear and legally binding.

the United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf, Total members 21, including Lu is the researcher from the Chinese State Oceanic Administration, Second Institute of Oceanography, he had in June in 2007 was overwhelmingly re-elected.

Under these provisions, a member of the United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf must be experts in the field of geology, geophysics or hydrology, in accordance with the principle of regional fair every five years re-election by the Assembly of States Parties of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea time, each country in the Committee can only one member can be re-elected. The current Commission member’s term expires in 2012. The election of the new members of the Committee will be held at United Nations Headquarters in New York in June of this year, the nomination of candidates and campaign work has already begun.

“proposal” has not been officially announced

the remarks of the Japanese Foreign Ministry, Japanese media reports, reflecting the Japanese side disregard for the truth, trying to own the subjective desire as an objective fact that the mentality of the publicity. As we all know, the fight for marine rights and interests has been a basic national policy and core interests. Over the years, these two rocks not hesitate to spend heavily in hedge bird reef reinforcement of the protective construction. At the same time, the Japanese government has also mobilized a large number of diplomatic resources to its designated sea enclosure “of the illegal advocates lobbying in the international arena.

the face of Japan’s diplomatic offensive, the United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf on the red Bird reef attitude has always been very cautious. In 2009, the United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf set up a subcommittee to proceed with the consideration of Japan’s submission. After the discussion, taking into account the very resolute objections of China and the ROK anti-summer, the 24th meeting of the Committee adopted a resolution to the red Bird reef part of the proposal drawn up after the plenary meeting will group the Committee no action “, not be considered unless the Committee decides otherwise. In April 2012, the Commission completed the scrutiny of Japan’s submission and make final recommendations, but legally binding proposals have yet to be officially announced.

To be sure, with the United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf, officially announced the decision of the 29th meeting between China and Japan will have a “red bird” is the “rocks” or “island” of debate clear, authoritative answer. By then, the international public opinion will never be shouting reported that Japan is full of contradictions, confusion.

(Text Source: Xinhua)

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red Bird reef issues, China has always believed that red bird reef “reef” instead argued that the “island” in accordance with relevant international law, Japan have no right to set the continental shelf. Japan take the Red Bird Reef fuss, but the coveted film waters rich resources of rare metals. In September 2009, Japan proposed to the United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf of the South Pacific continental shelf extends applications, is proposed on the basis of the red Bird reef. Application is approved, the Japanese will get the red Bird reef surrounding 740,000 square km of undersea continental shelf, this figure is twice that of Japan’s land area; Japan will also get the exclusive economic zone of more than 40 million square kilometers of ocean, enjoy the marine resources mining rights.

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