British Indian Ocean Territory

House of Lords written question – answered at on 11 June 2012.

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Photo of Baroness Whitaker Baroness Whitaker Labour

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Howell of Guildford on 27 March (WA 240) indicating that there were "no plans to change the British Indian Ocean Territory marine protected area" and that the area was "fully compatible with United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea obligations", whether the delimitation of the British Indian Ocean Territory marine protected area has been agreed with the Republic of the Maldives; and, if not, whether procedures for dispute settlement have been initiated in the absence of agreement, as required by Article 74 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.

Photo of Lord Howell of Guildford Lord Howell of Guildford Minister of State (Foreign and Commonwealth Office) (International Energy Policy)

There is no agreement delimiting the boundary between the Maldives and the British Indian Ocean Territory. There has been an initial discussion between the Government and the Republic of the Maldives. The UK regards the median line as the boundary between the Maldives and the British Indian Ocean Territory.

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