Sovereignty and the sea : how Indonesia became an archipelagic state / John G. Butcher and R.E. Elson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Butcher, John G., author.

Elson, R. E. (Robert Edward), 1947- author.

Contributor:

NUS Press, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Territorial waters--Indonesia.

Territorial waters.

Law of the sea.

Indonesia.

Law of the sea--Indonesia.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxviii, 527 pages) : illustrations, maps

Place of Publication:

Singapore : NUS Press, National University of Singapore, [2017]

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

"Until the mid-1950s nearly all of the sea between the far-flung islands of the Indonesian archipelago was open to ships of all nations, but in 1957, the Indonesian government declared that it had absolute sovereignty over all the waters lying within straight baselines drawn between the outermost islands of Indonesia. In this single step, Indonesia made its lands and seas a unified entity for the first time, a claim formally recognized in 1982 by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. Sovereignty and the Sea explores how Indonesia succeeded in its extraordinary claim despite its low international profile. John G. Butcher and R. E. Elson reveal that at the heart of Indonesia's archipelagic campaign was a small group of Indonesian diplomats whose dogged persistence, negotiating skills, and willingness to make difficult compromises resulted in Indonesia becoming the greatest archipelagic state in the world."

Contents:

Chapter 1 The "sea territory" of the Netherlands Indies 1

Chapter 2 The Territorial Sea and Maritime Districts Ordinance 26

Chapter 3 The declaration 46

Chapter 4 Geneva 1958 77

Chapter 5 Regulation No.4 of 1960 98

Chapter 6 Confrontations 115

Chapter 7 A new beginning 135

Chapter 8 The Seabed Committee 1971-72 167

Chapter 9 The Seabed Committee 1973 199

Chapter 10 Preparing for Caracas 226

Chapter 11 Caracas 1974 247

Chapter 12 Negotiating with the United States 269

Chapter 13 Geneva 1975 289

Chapter 14 New York, spring 1976 317

Chapter 15 New York, summer 1976 350

Chapter 16 New York 1977 363

Chapter 17 To Montego Bay 393

Chapter 18 Reflections on the diplomatic campaign 421

Chapter 19 Epilogue 427.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Butcher, John G. Sovereignty and the sea.

ISBN:

9789813250499

9813250496

OCLC:

1040594352

Publisher Number:

10.2307/j.ctv1xz0cq

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.