{"id":38254,"date":"2019-05-28T18:42:25","date_gmt":"2019-05-28T16:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legrandcontinent.eu\/fr\/?p=38254"},"modified":"2019-05-29T17:42:36","modified_gmt":"2019-05-29T15:42:36","slug":"le-canada-a-depose-sa-demande-de-plateau-continental-etendu-aupres-de-la-commission-de-lunclos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legrandcontinent.eu\/fr\/2019\/05\/28\/le-canada-a-depose-sa-demande-de-plateau-continental-etendu-aupres-de-la-commission-de-lunclos\/","title":{"rendered":"Le Canada a d\u00e9pos\u00e9 sa demande de plateau continental \u00e9tendu aupr\u00e8s de la commission de l\u2019UNCLOS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Ottawa.<\/em> Le Canada a d\u00e9pos\u00e9 le 23 mai son dossier pour un plateau continental \u00e9tendu, en suivant la convention des Nations Unies pour le droit de la mer (UNCLOS). Il n\u2019y aura pas de course \u00e0 l\u2019appropriation du P\u00f4le Nord. Au contraire, la demande pour un plateau continental \u00e9tendu requiert le montage d\u2019un dossier scientifique, technique et juridique pr\u00e9cis, d\u00e9taill\u00e9 et tr\u00e8s document\u00e9. Au total, c\u2019est donc plus de dix ans de travail qui ont \u00e9t\u00e9 n\u00e9cessaire pour mettre sur pied cette demande, et ajouter les pr\u00e9cisions requises apr\u00e8s une premi\u00e8re demande partielle d\u00e9pos\u00e9e en 2013 aupr\u00e8s de la commission des Nation Unies pour le droit de la Mer (UNCLOS)&nbsp;<span class='whitespace-nowrap'><span id='easy-footnote-1-38254' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/legrandcontinent.eu\/fr\/2019\/05\/28\/le-canada-a-depose-sa-demande-de-plateau-continental-etendu-aupres-de-la-commission-de-lunclos\/#easy-footnote-bottom-1-38254' title='&lt;a href=&quot;http:\/\/www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca\/science\/hydrography-hydrographie\/UNCLOS\/index-fra.html&quot;&gt;Souverainet\u00e9 et UNC mai LOS&amp;#160;: D\u00e9terminer les limites du plateau continental du Canada&lt;\/a&gt;, P\u00eache et oc\u00e9ans Canada, 08 mai 2019.'><sup>1<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/span>. La constitution du dossier a donc \u00e9t\u00e9 longue, elle a aussi impliqu\u00e9 de nombreux d\u00e9partements du gouvernement canadien et &#8211; il faut le souligner &#8211; des populations autochtones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>D\u2019apr\u00e8s la Convention de Montego Bay, les \u00c9tats b\u00e9n\u00e9ficient d\u2019une zone \u00e9conomique exclusive de 200 miles nautiques au-del\u00e0 de leur ligne de base. Si les \u00c9tats r\u00e9ussissent \u00e0 prouver que le plateau continental s\u2019\u00e9tend au-del\u00e0 de cette distance, ils peuvent faire une demande de plateau continental \u00e9tendu aupr\u00e8s de la commission scientifique de l\u2019UNCLOS qui ne fondera sa d\u00e9cision que sur ces preuves scientifiques&nbsp;<span class='whitespace-nowrap'><span id='easy-footnote-2-38254' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/legrandcontinent.eu\/fr\/2019\/05\/28\/le-canada-a-depose-sa-demande-de-plateau-continental-etendu-aupres-de-la-commission-de-lunclos\/#easy-footnote-bottom-2-38254' title='ONU, &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/www.un.org\/depts\/los\/convention_agreements\/texts\/unclos\/unclos_e.pdf&quot;&gt;Convention des Nations Unies pour le Droit de la Mer (UNCLOS)&lt;\/a&gt;, article 76, paragraphe 8, 1982.'><sup>2<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/span>. En 2007, quand la Russie avait plant\u00e9 son drapeau sur le P\u00f4le Nord \u2013 information largement relay\u00e9e \u2013 c\u2019\u00e9tait dans le cadre d\u2019une exp\u00e9dition scientifique, justement pour d\u00e9terminer l\u2019\u00e9tendue de leur plateau continental. Il ne s\u2019agissait donc pas d\u2019un mouvement belliqueux comme on a pu le lire souvent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>En revanche, l\u2019enjeu est, bien s\u00fbr, symbolique. La demande d\u00e9pos\u00e9e par le Canada inclut, ainsi, le p\u00f4le nord g\u00e9ographique dans sa zone de plateau continental \u00e9tendu&nbsp;<span class='whitespace-nowrap'><span id='easy-footnote-3-38254' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/legrandcontinent.eu\/fr\/2019\/05\/28\/le-canada-a-depose-sa-demande-de-plateau-continental-etendu-aupres-de-la-commission-de-lunclos\/#easy-footnote-bottom-3-38254' title='ONU &amp;#8211; UNCLOS, &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/www.un.org\/Depts\/los\/clcs_new\/submissions_files\/submission_can1_84_2019.html&quot;&gt;Submissions to the Commission&amp;#160;: Partial Submission by Canada&lt;\/a&gt;, 24 mai 2019.'><sup>3<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/span>. Dans les demandes d\u00e9pos\u00e9es par la Russie et par le Danemark le p\u00f4le nord g\u00e9ographique \u00e9tait \u00e9galement inclus&nbsp;<span class='whitespace-nowrap'><span id='easy-footnote-4-38254' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/legrandcontinent.eu\/fr\/2019\/05\/28\/le-canada-a-depose-sa-demande-de-plateau-continental-etendu-aupres-de-la-commission-de-lunclos\/#easy-footnote-bottom-4-38254' title='SEVUTS Levon, &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/thebarentsobserver.com\/en\/arctic\/2019\/04\/russia-scores-scientific-point-quest-extended-arctic-continental-shelf&quot;&gt;Russia scores scientific point in quest for extended Arctic continental shelf&lt;\/a&gt;, The Barents Observer, 5 avril 2019.'><sup>4<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/span>. D\u2019ailleurs, cette dimension symbolique \u00e9tait bien relay\u00e9e par les trois repr\u00e9sentants du gouvernement \u00e0 l\u2019occasion de la conf\u00e9rence de presse qui accompagnait le d\u00e9p\u00f4t du dossier &#8211; et ils ont tous mentionn\u00e9 l\u2019affirmation de la souverainet\u00e9 canadienne dans l\u2019Arctique&nbsp;<span class='whitespace-nowrap'><span id='easy-footnote-5-38254' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/legrandcontinent.eu\/fr\/2019\/05\/28\/le-canada-a-depose-sa-demande-de-plateau-continental-etendu-aupres-de-la-commission-de-lunclos\/#easy-footnote-bottom-5-38254' title='Global Affairs Canada, &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/global-affairs\/news\/2019\/05\/canada-marks-major-milestone-in-defining-its-continental-shelf-in-arctic-ocean.html&quot;&gt;Canada marks major milestone in defining its continental shelf in Arctic Ocean&lt;\/a&gt;, 23 mai 2019.'><sup>5<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pourtant, les conclusions rendues par la commission jugeront de la validit\u00e9 scientifique de la demande, mais elles ne fixeront pas les fronti\u00e8res. Puisque les demandes se chevauchent, les fronti\u00e8res ne pourront \u00eatre \u00e9tablies que par le biais d\u2019accords bilat\u00e9raux entre le Canada et les autres \u00c9tats arctiques concern\u00e9s&#160;: la Russie, le Danemark et les \u00c9tats-Unis &#8211; qui n\u2019ont, eux, toujours pas ratifi\u00e9 la convention. La question des plateaux continentaux \u00e9tendus n\u2019est donc, pas encore, r\u00e9solue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Perspectives&#160;:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Le d\u00e9p\u00f4t de cette demande s\u2019inscrit dans la lign\u00e9e d\u2019une volont\u00e9 politique du Canada d\u2019affirmer son leadership dans l\u2019Arctique. <\/li><li>Le Canada doit aussi rendre publique cette ann\u00e9e sa nouvelle strat\u00e9gie arctique.<\/li><li>L\u2019\u00e9valuation de la demande par la commission peut prendre plusieurs ann\u00e9es et les cons\u00e9quences ne seront donc pas imm\u00e9diates.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>En 2008, les \u00c9tats c\u00f4tiers de l\u2019oc\u00e9an Arctique se sont engag\u00e9s \u00e0 respecter le droit international et la convention des Nations Unies pour le droit de la mer (UNCLOS) pour la d\u00e9finition de leur territoire oc\u00e9anique. Le Canada a d\u00e9pos\u00e9 le 23 mai son dossier pour un plateau continental \u00e9tendu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":175,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"templates\/post-briefings.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_trash_the_other_posts":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1731],"tags":[],"staff":[1688],"editorial_format":[],"serie":[],"audience":[],"geo":[525,547],"class_list":["post-38254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politique","staff-pauline-pic","geo-ameriques","geo-nordiques"],"acf":{"open_in_webview":false,"accent":false},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Le Canada a d\u00e9pos\u00e9 sa demande de plateau continental \u00e9tendu aupr\u00e8s de la commission de l\u2019UNCLOS | Le Grand Continent<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/legrandcontinent.eu\/fr\/2019\/05\/28\/le-canada-a-depose-sa-demande-de-plateau-continental-etendu-aupres-de-la-commission-de-lunclos\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Le Canada a d\u00e9pos\u00e9 sa demande de plateau continental \u00e9tendu aupr\u00e8s de la commission de l\u2019UNCLOS | Le Grand Continent\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"En 2008, les \u00c9tats c\u00f4tiers de l\u2019oc\u00e9an Arctique se sont engag\u00e9s \u00e0 respecter le droit international et la convention des Nations Unies pour le droit de la mer (UNCLOS) pour la d\u00e9finition de leur territoire oc\u00e9anique. 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