Pakistan submitted its official request to the United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) in April 2009. The request was to extend its maritime boundary beyond the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) from 200 to 350 nautical miles, in accordance with the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). The UN approved the claim in March 2015, adding around 50,000 sq km to Pakistan’s maritime territory.
In March 2015 the United Nations decided to increase Pakistan’s Continental Shelf from 200 to 350 nautical miles. When did Pakistan submit its request for increasing limits of its Continental Shelf, to the United Nations?
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