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Vanuatu Takes France to ICJ Over Disputed Pacific Islands
(MENAFN) Vanuatu files a legal case against France at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) over sovereignty disputes involving two Pacific islands and the maritime boundary between Vanuatu and New Caledonia.
“Vanuatu has instituted proceedings against France before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) concerning sovereignty over Umaenupne (Matthew) and Umaeneg/Leka (Hunter) Islands and delimitation of a maritime boundary between Vanuatu and New Caledonia,” the Vanuatu Prime Minister’s Office says in a statement.
The ICJ confirms that Vanuatu submits its application on Monday, concerning the territorial dispute and the establishment of a single maritime boundary between the exclusive economic zones and continental shelves of Vanuatu and France in relation to New Caledonia.
New Caledonia has been under French rule since becoming a colony in 1853.
Vanuatu argues in its filing that the disputed islands “have always been part of Vanuatu long before colonization,” according to the prime minister’s office.
Vanuatu Deputy Prime Minister Johnny Koanapo says diplomatic efforts have failed to resolve the dispute despite years of negotiations.
“After formal negotiations, and several decades of diplomatic engagement with no outcome, it is clear that judicial determination offers the clearest pathway to a lasting and internationally recognized resolution.”
“Vanuatu has instituted proceedings against France before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) concerning sovereignty over Umaenupne (Matthew) and Umaeneg/Leka (Hunter) Islands and delimitation of a maritime boundary between Vanuatu and New Caledonia,” the Vanuatu Prime Minister’s Office says in a statement.
The ICJ confirms that Vanuatu submits its application on Monday, concerning the territorial dispute and the establishment of a single maritime boundary between the exclusive economic zones and continental shelves of Vanuatu and France in relation to New Caledonia.
New Caledonia has been under French rule since becoming a colony in 1853.
Vanuatu argues in its filing that the disputed islands “have always been part of Vanuatu long before colonization,” according to the prime minister’s office.
Vanuatu Deputy Prime Minister Johnny Koanapo says diplomatic efforts have failed to resolve the dispute despite years of negotiations.
“After formal negotiations, and several decades of diplomatic engagement with no outcome, it is clear that judicial determination offers the clearest pathway to a lasting and internationally recognized resolution.”
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