WHEREAS the Argentine Republic (“Argentina”) and the Republic of Ghana (“Ghana”) are parties to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (“UNCLOS”).

WHEREAS Article 286 of the UNCLOS provides that “[s]ubject to section 3, any dispute concerning the interpretation or application of this Convention shall, where no settlement has been reached by recourse to section 1, be submitted at the request of any Party to the dispute to the court or tribunal having jurisdiction under this section”;

WHEREAS Article 287(5) of the UNCLOS provides that “[i]f the Parties to a dispute have not accepted the same procedure for the settlement of the dispute, it may be submitted only to arbitration in accordance with Annex VII, unless the Parties otherwise agree”;

WHEREAS Article 1 of Annex VII to the UNCLOS provides that “[s]ubject to the provisions of Part XV, any Party to a dispute may submit the dispute to the arbitral procedure provided for in this Annex by written notification addressed to the other Party or Parties to the dispute. The notification shall be accompanied by a statement of the claim and the grounds on which it is based”;