Petitioning The Somali Federal Parliament —
Defend Our Territorial Sea; Stick to Law No. 37
Facts on file:
a) Somalia made its territorial sea claim in 1972 submitting and depositing the relevant legislation at the United Nations.
b) United Nations Convention on the Law of Seas (UNCLOS) came well after the Somalia’s territorial sea claim.
c) Somalia signed the UNCLOS without giving up its 200nm of territorial sea.
d) Conventions are signed with reservations if state doesn’t agree to all clauses.
e) Somalia’s Transitional Federal Government (TFG) through its Minister for International Cooperation has on May 7, 2009 entered into Memorandum of Understanding with Kenya.
https://www.change.org/petitions/the-somali-federal-parliament-defend-our-territorial-sea-stick-to-law-no-37