General People’s Committee Decision No. 104 of the year 1373 (AD 2005) concerning straight baselines for measuring the breadth of the territorial sea and maritime zones of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

15 II. LEGAL INFORMATION RELEVANT TO THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF THE SEA A. National Legislation 1. Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (a) General People’s Committee Decision No. 104 of the year 1373 from the death of the Prophet (AD 2005) concerning straight baselines for measuring the breadth of the territorial sea and maritime zones of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya1 The General People’s Committee, Having examined: – Law No. 1 of the year 1369 from the death of the Prophet concerning the People’s Conferences and the People’s Committees and its implementing regulations; – Law No. 2 of AD 1959 concerning the delimitation of Libyan territorial waters, passed on 14 February AD 1959; – The Revolution Command Council decision of 9 October AD 1973 concerning the limits of Libyan territorial waters in the Gulf of Sidra; – Libyan maritime law; – Law No. 14 of AD 1989 concerning the regulation of the exploitation of living resources; – General People’s Committee Decision No. 37 of 1373 from the death of the Prophet concerning the declaration of a Libyan fisheries protection zone in the Mediterranean Sea; – General People’s Committee Decision No. 88 of 1373 from the death of the Prophet concerning the vesting of certain powers in the National Marine Investment Authority; – The bilateral treaties concluded by the Great Jamahiriya with Tunisia and Malta concerning the continental shelf and the related rulings of the International Court of Justice; – Memorandum No. 356 of 2 December AD 2000 of the former Secretary of the General People’s Committee for African Unity concerning the straight baselines from which the breadth of the territorial waters of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya is measured; – The statements made by the Secretary of the Management Committee of the National Marine Investment Authority in his letters No. 1191 of 11 Jumada I 1373 from the death of the Prophet and No. 1286 of 22 Jumada I 1373 from the death of the Prophet; 1 Original: Arabic. Transmitted through note verbale dated 18 August 2005 from the Permanent Mission of the Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General of the United Nations. 16 – Letter No. 1-807 of the Chairman of the Committee on Land and Sea Borders (of the Foreign Liaison and International Cooperation division), dated 9 Jumada I 1373 from the death of the Prophet; – The minutes of the meeting, held on 19 Safar 1373 from the death of the Prophet under the chairmanship of the Inspector-General of the agriculture and animal and marine resources sector, on the review of the text of the declaration of a Libyan fisheries protection zone in the Mediterranean Sea; – The minutes of the meeting, held on 8 Jumada I 1373 from the death of the Prophet between the Secretariat of the General People’s Committee for Foreign Liaison and International Cooperation and the National Marine Investment Authority, concerning the Libyan fisheries protection zone in the Mediterranean Sea; – The minutes of the meeting, held on 25 Jumada I 1373 from the death of the Prophet under the chairmanship of the Secretary-General fo the General People’s Committee, concerning the Libyan fisheries protection zone and baselines for measuring Libyan maritime zones; – The decisions of the General People’s Committee adopted at its second ordinary meeting of the year 1369 from the death of the Prophet; – The decisions of the Secretariat of the General People’s Committee adopted at its nineteenth ordinary meeting of 1373 from the death of the Prophet and its sixth and fifteenth meetings fo 1373 from the death of the Prophet; Had decided as follows: Article 1 Libyan territorial waters and other maritime zones under the sovereignty and jurisdiction of the Great Jamahiriya are to be measured from the straight baselines joining the points defined by the following geographical coordinates: Point Longitude east Latitude north 1 11°33’41.00” E 33°10’30.03” N 2 11°37’47.05” E 33°07’59.06” N 3 11°41’20.02” E 33°07’40.66” N 4 11°54’30.02” E 33°02’46.00” N 5 12°11’31.04” E 32°53’18.06” N 6 12°26’19.02” E 32°49’14.73” N 7 12°41’17.07” E 32°47’38.01” N 8 12°59’51.02” E 32°50’11.01” N 9 13°12’45.01” E 32°55’16.01” N 10 13°23’16.05” E 32°53’48.07” N 11 13°32’04.06” E 32°49’12.03” N 12 13°48’11.03” E 32°48’09.03” N 17 13 13°56’44.02” E 32°46’20. 05” N 14 14°14’59.05” E 32°41’27.08” N 15 14°20’15.04” E 32°38’21.04” N 16 14°25’59.01” E 32°33’13.05” N 17 14°34’58.06” E 32°30’00.00” N 18 20°30’03.02” E 32°30’00.00” N 19 20°34’26.04” E 32°32’42.02” N 20 20°40°24.00” E 32°35’37.09” N 21 20°56’52.05” E 32°43’04.09” N 22 21°03’39.07” E 32°45’40.08” N 23 21°06’06.08” E 32°46’14.01” N 24 21°25’24.02” E 32°47’42.09” N 25 21°37’40.09” E 32°55’32.00” N 26 21°42’56.00” E 32°56’27.05” N 27 21°56’23.08” E 32°54’10.01” N 28 22°08’42.01” E 32°56’19.00” N 29 22°10’31.04” E 32°55’34.14” N 30 22°16’03.06” E 32°52’27.01” N 31 22°19’02.04” E 32°52’38.03” N 32 22°22’38.08” E 32°52’20.03” N 33 22°29’27.05” E 32°50’33.01” N 34 22°57’33.04” E 32°39’46.03” N 35 23°01’40.05” E 32°39’18.04” N 36 23°06’26.04” E 32°38’03.08” N 37 23°06’55.04” E 32°37’43.05” N 38 23°07’36.06” E 32°36’48.03” N 39 23°07’37.00” E 32°36’24.00” N 40 23°06’27.05” E 32°31’59.03” N 41 23°10’24.06” E 32°27’47.07” N 42 23°14’13.07” E 32°22’31.01” N 43 23°17’04.04” E 32°14’07.07” N 44 23°27’31.06” E 32°10’41.04” N 45 23°40’00.01” E 32°10’54.01” N 46 23°43’02.01” E 32°10’41.00” N 47 23°46’30.08” E 32°09’50.01” N 18 48 23°58’24.05” E 32°06’20.01” N 49 24°00’22.06” E 32°05’16.08” N 50 24°06’16.01” E 32°00’42.04” N 51 24°14’35.04” E 32°00’22.00” N 52 24°20’47.04” E 32°00’07.04” N 53 24°40’58.07” E 32°01’20.06” N 54 24°42’33.04” E 32°01’18.04” N 55 24°44’16.08” E 32°01’14.03” N 56 24°45’49.01” E 32°01’06.02” N 57 24°52’22.04” E 31°59’12.04” N 58 24°58’44.01” E 31°58’18.01” N 59 24°59’42.08” E 31°57’51.01” N 60 25°02’06.09” E 31°56’07.09” N 61 25°02’23.07” E 31°55’28.06” N 62 25°07’50.06” E 31°43’06.08” N 63 25°08’44.06” E 31°40’35.09” N 64 Libyan-Egyptian land border point Article 2 The list of coordinates in Article 1 of this decision shall be published in accordance with the rules currently in force, and the Secretary-General of the United Nations shall be notified thereof. Article 3 The present decision shall enter into force as from the date of its adoption and shall be published in the official gazette. (Signed) [Illegible] General People’s Committee (Decisions) Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Adopted on 13 Jumada I, corresponding to 20/06/1373 from the death of the Prophet (AD 2005).