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two lines thus described until this line intersects the line drawn from
point 5 to point P. described above.’ Concerning the islands of al-
'Arabiyah and Farsi, each of which is assigned a 12-mile belt of
territorial sea, it is provided that‘where these belts overlap, a boundary
line separating the territorial seas of the two islands shall be drawn so
as to be equidistant throughout its length from the lowest low water
lines on each island’ (Art. 1).
By Article 4, it is provided that ‘within two months of the entry into
force of this agreement, there shall be established a joint technical
commission of four members . . . which shall be charged with de­
fining the boundary herein agreed upon, in terms of a series of geo­
graphical co-ordinates. . . .’ The line fixed by the joint commission
shall, if approved by the two Governments, ‘constitute the final and
binding definition of the boundary, unless either Government makes
objection thereto within one month after its submission’.