Canada and the US Move Forward With Negotiations on the Beaufort Sea Boundary Canada and the US will create a joint task force to undertake negotiations on the maritime boundary in the Beaufort Sea, including their overlapping continental shelf claims in the central Arctic Ocean. Law of the Sea expert Tore Henriksen comments on the US possibly determining the outer limit of its shelf without having ratified UNCLOS.
Lavrov Stands Firm on Maritime Border Agreements With Norway and the US A call has been made in the Russian State Duma for the termination of agreements on maritime delimitation with Norway in the Barents Sea and the US in the Bering Sea. "One must look at the big picture," responds MFA Sergey Lavrov, pointing to the agreements' benefits to Russia.
