VOL. XXXI

NO. 13

4-JANUARY-1988

LIBYA-MALTA

Continental Shelf Agreement Ratified

Libya and Malta on 11 December ratified a demarcation agreement delineatingthe borders of the continental shelf between the two countries. The agreement,affirming a June 1985 ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) wassigned on 10 December 1986. The instruments of ratification of the ICJ judgementwere exchanged with Libyan Foreign Secretary Jadallah Azzouz al-Talhi during hisvisit to Malta earlier in...