France–Saint Lucia Delimitation Agreement

1981 treaty between France and Saint Lucia
France – Saint Lucia Delimitation Agreement
Agreement on Delimitation between the Government of the French Republic and the Government of Saint Lucia
TypeBoundary delimitation
Signed4 March 1981 (1981-03-04)
LocationParis, France
Effective4 March 1981
Parties
  •  France
  •  Saint Lucia
DepositaryUnited Nations United Nations Secretariat
LanguagesEnglish; French

The France – Saint Lucia Agreement on Delimitation is a 1981 treaty between France and Saint Lucia which delimits the maritime boundary between Saint Lucia and the French territory of Martinique.[1]

The treaty was signed in Paris on 4 March 1981. The text of the treaty sets out a boundary that is an equidistant line between the two islands in the Saint Lucia Channel. The boundary is set out in an east–west direction and consists of 17 straight-line maritime segments defined by 18 individual coordinate points. The far western point of the boundary is the tripoint with Venezuela and the far eastern point is the tripoint with Barbados. Commentators have noted that it is curious that the treaty does not refer to the island of Martinique.

The treaty came into force upon signature. The full name of the treaty is Agreement on Delimitation between the Government of the French Republic and the Government of Saint Lucia.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Anderson, Ewan W.(2003). International Boundaries: A Geopolitical Atlas, p. 296, p. 296, at Google Books; Charney, Jonathan I. et al. (2005). International Maritime Boundaries, Vol. 1, pp. 591-602.

References

  • Anderson, Ewan W. (2003). International Boundaries: A Geopolitical Atlas. Routledge: New York. ISBN 9781579583750; OCLC 54061586
  • Charney, Jonathan I., David A. Colson, Robert W. Smith. (2005). International Maritime Boundaries, 5 vols. Hotei Publishing: Leiden. ISBN 9780792311874; ISBN 9789041119544; ISBN 9789041103451; ISBN 9789004144613; ISBN 9789004144798; OCLC 23254092
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Overseas​ collectivities
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Uninhabited territories
North Pacific Ocean
Overseas territory​ (French Southern​ and Antarctic Lands)
Scattered Islands in​ the Indian Ocean


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