Global Governance Diplomacy on Water Bodies and Maritime Domains: A Historical Perspective
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https://doi.org/10.17605/cajssh.v6i1.1175Keywords:
Global, Governance, Diplomacy, Water bodies, Maritime Domain.Abstract
The challenges or threat to water bodies and Maritime Domains are complex to be tackled by a single state, group or region. The awareness to keep the world’s water bodies and maritime domains healthy and safe led to a broad coalition of actors living together under international guidelines and protocols. However, the extent to which the coalition of actor’s compliance with the provisions of diplomatic frameworks, that set standards and regulations to protect the repository valuables of the water bodies in the past and now deserve thorough interrogation. The study first examined the various historical collaborative efforts of stakeholders particularly state actors toward achieving proper management of water bodies and maritime domains. The Study further examine level of compliance with global rules on water bodies and its domains. The study adopted historical and descriptive method and obtained data from both primary and secondary sources. Content analysis was used to analyzed data. From the analysis, the study result shows that global governance diplomacy highlighted in various conventions and treaties mechanisms for managing water bodies and maritime domains for mutual benefits. The study further shows that, through global governance diplomacy, disputes on water bodies were negotiated and resolved, particularly Canada- US Gulf Marine 1984, France – UK English Channel 1986, Norway- Russia Barent 2010, Denmark -Iceland Continental Shelf 2012 among others. The study result show that China, Japan, United States, Iran, Russia among others violated some conventions on water bodies and Maritime domains. Based on these findings, the study concluded that Nations should comply with international provisions to avoid threat to global security.
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