1 PROCEEDINGS

2 PRESIDENT SHEARER: Well, good morning, everyone. I think we are ready to

3 start the day's proceedings, and Mr. Wordsworth will begin.  

4 Thank you very much. 

5 MR. WORDSWORTH: Mr. President, Members of the Tribunal, thank you. 

6 Article 283: application in this case 

7 Sam Wordsworth QC 

8 Non-sovereignty claims

9 You will recall that I was taking you through the question of the application of Article

10 283, and I've already taken you taken you to documents which Mauritius is relying on to say

11 there was an UNCLOS dispute with respect to the existence of its "we are the coastal State" or 

12 "we are a coastal State" argument.