Cook Islands–France Maritime Delimitation Agreement

Cook Islands – France Maritime Delimitation Agreement

Agreement on Maritime Delimitation between the Government of the Cook Islands and the Government of the French Republic
Type	Boundary delimitation
Signed	3 August 1990
Location	Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Effective	3 August 1990
Parties	Cook Islands France
Depositary	United Nations Secretariat
Languages	English; French

The Cook Islands – France Maritime Delimitation Agreement is a treaty in which the two states agreed to the delimitation of the maritime boundary between the Cook Islands and French Polynesia.

The treaty was signed at Rarotonga on 3 August 1990. The boundary is approximately 650 nautical miles long and is a modified equidistant line. The treaty defines the boundary using seven straight-line maritime segments defined by eight specific coordinate points.

The official name for the treaty is Agreement on Maritime Delimitation between the Government of the Cook Islands and the Government of the French Republic. It entered into force on the day it was signed.

References

• Anderson, Ewan W. (2003). International Boundaries: A Geopolitical Atlas. Routledge: New York. ISBN 9781579583750; OCLC 54061586
• Charney, Jonathan I., David A. Colson, Robert W. Smith. (2005). International Maritime Boundaries, 5 vols. Hotei Publishing: Leiden. ISBN 9780792311874; ISBN 9789041119544; ISBN 9789041103451; ISBN 9789004144613; ISBN 9789004144798; OCLC 23254092

External links

• Full text of treaty