Thailand Leverages UNCLOS to Resolve Maritime Border Dispute with Cambodia

Discussion on the legitimacy of using naval force if Cambodia encroaches on boundaries defined by UNCLOS.

Explaining the transition from the 2001 MOU to the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.

Comparing Cambodia's focus on energy resource sharing versus Thailand's focus on boundary demarcation.

Details on the compulsory conciliation process and the role of the five-member commission.

Technical explanation of median lines, territorial seas, contiguous zones, and continental shelves.

Argument that UNCLOS provides objective facts regardless of whether Cambodia's leadership accepts them.

Reference to UN Charter Article 51 regarding the protection of national sovereignty.

Critique of Cambodia's attempts to lobby for resource sharing despite legal boundaries.

Discussion on the use of 1:50,000 scale maps for land border disputes.

Explanation of why Thailand does not recognize the compulsory jurisdiction of the World Court since 1960.