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Mozambique and Tanzania

Mozambique and Tanzania 399 Mozambique and Tanzania Maritime Boundaries Delimitation Agreement between Mozambique and Tanzania Preliminary remarks The Maritime Boundaries Delimitation Agreement between the People's Republic of Mozambique and the United Republic of Tanzania entered into force on 29 July 1993 after the two countries exchanged their instruments of ratification in Dar es Salaam, the capital of Tanzania. This Agreement was signed in Maputo, the capital of Mozambique on 28 December 1988. The coming into effect of this agreement was subject to ratification and exchange of instruments of ratification by the two states. 1 The exchange of the instruments of ratification took a long time, taking into consideration the fact that the said agreement was signed in 1988. Records available at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation indicate that the President of Tanzania, Ali Hassan Mwinyi, signed the Tanzanian instrument of ratification on 17 June 1993. There is no explanation on the part of Tanzania as to why it took so long to sign the said instrument, thereby delaying the coming into force of the agreement. It is my view that two reasons could be ascribed to this delay. The first relates to the general laissez faire attitude on http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law Brill

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Publisher
Brill
Copyright
© 1994 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
0927-3522
eISSN
1571-8085
DOI
10.1163/157180894X00223
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Abstract

399 Mozambique and Tanzania Maritime Boundaries Delimitation Agreement between Mozambique and Tanzania Preliminary remarks The Maritime Boundaries Delimitation Agreement between the People's Republic of Mozambique and the United Republic of Tanzania entered into force on 29 July 1993 after the two countries exchanged their instruments of ratification in Dar es Salaam, the capital of Tanzania. This Agreement was signed in Maputo, the capital of Mozambique on 28 December 1988. The coming into effect of this agreement was subject to ratification and exchange of instruments of ratification by the two states. 1 The exchange of the instruments of ratification took a long time, taking into consideration the fact that the said agreement was signed in 1988. Records available at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation indicate that the President of Tanzania, Ali Hassan Mwinyi, signed the Tanzanian instrument of ratification on 17 June 1993. There is no explanation on the part of Tanzania as to why it took so long to sign the said instrument, thereby delaying the coming into force of the agreement. It is my view that two reasons could be ascribed to this delay. The first relates to the general laissez faire attitude on

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The International Journal of Marine and Coastal LawBrill

Published: Jan 1, 1994

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