Declaration of the Office of the Prime Minister concerning the Inner Part of the Gulf of Thailand

Page 1 National legislation - DOALOS/OLA - United Nations asdf Declaration of the Office of the Prime Minister concerning the Inner Part of the Gulf of Thailand, 22 September 1959 The Council of Ministers has seen fit to issue the following declaration confirming the juridical status of the inner part of the Gulf of Thailand; namely, that the inner part of the Gulf of Thailand situated northward of the baseline which starts from the first point on the Bahn Chong Samsarn Peninsula (latitude 12° 35' 45" north, longitude 100° 57' 45" east) and, running westward parallel to the latitude, reaches the second point on the opposite sea coast (latitude 12° 35' 45" north, longitude 99° 57' 30" east) is a historic bay and that the waters enclosed within the baselines aforesaid form part of the internal waters of Thailand. The Kingdom of Thailand has constantly maintained the foregoing position from time immemorial.