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Postscript

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 July 2009

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Netherlands Yearbook of International Law , Volume 31 , December 2000 , pp. 123 - 129
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Copyright © T.M.C. Asser Press 2000

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1. Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Australia and the UNTAET, 2001 incorporating the Timor Sea Arrangement as Attachment ‘A’. Adopted on 5 July 2001. The MOU also includes Annexes A to F. Under Art. 1(a), the ‘Arrangement’ also means these Annexes and any others subsequently agreed between East Timor and Australia. The Arrangement will enter into force 30 days after both parties have notified each other in writing that their respective requirements for its entry into force have been fulfilled (Art. 25).

2. MOU, 2001, ibid. [emphasis added].

3. Press Release, Timor Sea Arrangement approved by East Timor Cabinet (Dili, 3 July 2001).Google Scholar

4. Statement by Galbraith, P., ‘East Timor Transitional Cabinet Member for Political Affairs and Timor Sea’Google Scholar, in Press Release, ibid.

5. Joint Media Release by the (Australian) Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Minister for Industry, Science and Resources and the Attorney-General, Australia, East Timor and UN agree on new resources deal for the Timor Sea.

6. Press Release (Dili, 3 July 2001) supra n. 3.

7. Australian Joint Media Release, supra n. 5.

8. The first post-independence East Timor elections for a Constituent Assembly will take place on 30 August 2001. For latest news on East Timor's progress towards full independence and statehood, see: http://www.un.org/peace/etimor/news.

9. Australian Joint Media Release, supra n. 5.

10. See Aglionby, J., ‘East Timor signs lucrative oil deal’, The Guardian, UK newspaper (6 July 2001) at p. 14.Google Scholar

11. Unlike for the JC and MC, there is no provision in either Art. 6 or Annex C for the membership of the DA beyond the requirement that it must be designated by the JC.

12. See Ong, D.M., ‘Joint Development of Common Offshore Oil and Gas Deposits: ‘Mere’ State Practice or Customary International Law?’, 93 AJIL (1999) pp. 771–804.CrossRefGoogle Scholar

13. See Arbitral Tribunal Award, 17 December 1999. Accessed at Permanent Court of Arbitration website: <http://www.pca-cpa.org>

14. Ibid., at paras. 84 and 85.

15. Ibid., at para. 86.