Resolution No. 23 (Zones of Joint Cooperation)

Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao BANGSAMORO TRANSITION AUTHORITY BARMM Compound, Cotabato City Republic of the Philippines

FIRST REGULAR SESSION

RESOLUTION NO.23

RESOLUTION CALLING FOR THE CONSTITUTION OF AN JOINT COOPERATION IN THE SULU SEA. AD HOC JOINT BODY TO DEFINE THE ZONES OF

WHEREAS, Article I of the 1987 Philippine Constitution declares that:

breadth and dimensions, form part of the internal waters of the islands and waters embraced therein, and all other territories over which fluvial, and aerial domains, including its territorial sea, the seabed, the Philippines."; the Philippines has sovereignty or jurisdiction, consisting of its terrestrial, subsoil, the insular shelves, and other submarine areas. The waters around, between, and connecting the islands of the archipelago, regardless of their The national territory comprises the Philippine archipelago, with all the

and definition of the Zone of Joint Cooperation in the Sulu Sea; Sea (UNCLOS),of which the Philippines is a signatory and a party,our country and other coastal States have been recognized to have the right to establish various maritime zones and jurisdictions over which sovereignty and appurtenant sovereign rights can be exercised. Given the premise, this proposed resolution seeks to have a general declaration WHEREAS, pursuant to the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the

known as the Organic Law for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, provides: WHEREAS,Section 18.Article XIII of Republic Act No.11054.otherwise

"SEC. 18. Zones of Joint Cooperation - Zones of Joint Cooperation in the Sulu Sea and the Moro Gulf are hereby created, the coordinates of which shall be defined by an ad hoc Joint Body composed of representatives

National Mapping and Resource Information Authority, and from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources and the corresponding number of representatives from appropriate agencies of the Bangsamoro Government.

ratification of this Organic Law and shall cease to exist after it has including the Bangsamoro Waters and the Zones of Joint Cooperation. The Joint Body shall be convened within thirty (30 days after the established the coordinates of the Bangsamoro territorial jurisdiction,

WHEREAS, there is a need to constitute an ad hoc Joint Body to specify the coordinates delineating the Zones of Joint Cooperation in the Sulu Sea to ensure the

the subject Zone, and the protection of the indigenous communities' traditional fishing cooperation and coordination between the National Government and the Bangsamoro Government on the exploration, development and utilization of non-living resources in grounds;

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therein and formulating policies for the equitable sharing of the benefits from the resources therein; Government and the National Government can work together to regulate the waters WHEREAS, by constituting this ad hoc Joint Body, both the Bangsamoro

NOW,THEREFORE,be it

Joint Body to define the Zones of Joint Cooperation in the Sulu Sea. RESOLVED, as it is hereby resolved, to call for the constitution of an ad hoc

Adopted, July 31,2019.

Certified Correct:

PROF.RABY Secretary-General KNGKAL

Attested:

ATTY. ALI PANGALIAN M. BALINDONG Speaker

Consolidated PR 52 and PR 55.