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Cambodia and Thailand have brought their dispute over oil- and gas-rich seabed territory worth an estimated US$300 billion to the Permanent Court of Arbitration in Singapore. The conciliation commission under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea is handling this case, which involves 27,000 square kilometers of waters in the Gulf of Thailand. This marks only the second time in history that the UNCLOS conciliation process has been invoked, following a similar dispute between East Timor and Australia that lasted nearly two years.
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Cambodia and Thailand are using a rarely invoked UN legal process through the Permanent Court of Arbitration’s office in Singapore to settle their dispute over control of 27,000 square kilometers of oil- and gas-rich waters in the Gulf of Thailand. This area is estimated to contain hydrocarbon reserves worth an estimated US$300 billion. The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea’s conciliation commission is mediating this conflict, which is only the second time in Unclos’ history that this process has been used; the first case was between East Timor and Australia in 2016, taking nearly two years to resolve.
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Cambodia, Thailand take US$300 billion seabed dispute to UN
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A rarely invoked UN legal process is trying to untangle the two countries’ row over 27,000 sq km of oil- and gas-rich waters
The venue was the Permanent Court of Arbitration’s Singapore office, where the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea’s conciliation commission is being asked to settle who controls a stretch of the Gulf of Thailand with hydrocarbon reserves worth an estimated US$300 billion.
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It is only the second time in Unclos’ history that the conciliation process has been used.
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The first, initiated by East Timor against Australia in 2016, took nearly two years to resolve.
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