In return for what it is hoped will prove to be substantial additional revenue
above that which would have been derived solely under the terms of the Timor
Sea Treaty and the Sunrise IUA, East Timor has agreed to Australia’s proposal
to shelve the Timor Sea dispute and maritime boundary delimitation negotia-tions for the duration of the treaty. This has been achieved through a morato-rium on both sides’ claims contained in Article 4 whereby: “Neither Australia
nor Timor-Leste shall assert, pursue or further by any means in relation to the
other Party its claims to sovereign rights and jurisdiction and maritime bound-aries for the period of this Treaty.”