Continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles
Jurisdiction to delimit the continental shelf in its entirety
341. While the Parties are in agreement that the Tribunal is requested to
delimit the continental shelf between them in the Bay of Bengal within 200 nm,
they disagree as to whether the Tribunal has jurisdiction to delimit the
continental shelf beyond 200 nm and whether the Tribunal, if it determines
that it has jurisdiction to do so, should exercise such jurisdiction.
342. As pointed out in paragraph 45, Myanmar does not dispute that “as a
matter of principle, the delimitation of the continental shelf, including the shelf
beyond 200 [nm], could fall within the jurisdiction of the Tribunal”. However, it
raises the issue of the advisability in the present case of the exercise by the
Tribunal of its jurisdiction with respect to the delimitation of the continental
shelf beyond 200 nm.