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Seabed and subsoil of the Eastern Polygon of the Gulf of Mexico

UN gives Mexico legal certainty over its rights to the Gulf seabed

The UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf accepted the outer limits proposed by Mexico for its extended continental shelf in the Eastern Polygon of the Gulf of Mexico, a decision that provides legal certainty about the scope of the country's rights over the natural resources of the seabed and subsoil, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported.

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