submltteat to an arbitral tribunal and the second to che InLernacional. court of Justice. The. Coure is also seized with an Application for Revision and Interpretatlon of the Judgnent of 24 February 1982 in the case concerning the continencal shelf (Tunisia/Libyan Arab Jamahiriya). !L/A/40/923 Eng I i8h Page I Guinea - Gu inea-Bisaau 16. on 14 FebruaEy 19s5, the Arbitral Asard for the delinitat,ion of ualiEineBoundaries beteeen cuinea and Gulnea-Bissau sas handed ttown. !!/ The Tribunal nasposed with the foltofling questions: first, ehether the convention of 12 May rgg6between France and portugar- - the forner netroporitan count.ri.es - had determinedttte naritlne frontier betlreen the trro t eet African States, Eecond, whether theProtocols and annexes of Ehat @nventlon t'ere of any juridical value in itslnterpretatlont and finarry' in the rlght of the response to those guesti.ona, rrhatwas the boundary llne shich d€timited trre naritine areas appertaining respectiver.yto Guinea-Bissau and to Guinea? 17. the Aeard beltl that the 1896 convenuion had not deteanined the maritimefrontier beteeen those tno states and thac the prot@ora and annexes played asignificant role in the interpretation of the treaty, The Tribunar noced that theConvention nas essentlally concerned eith land territory. 18. The Tribunal, as it was requirecl, atettneated a single boundary covertng theterritorial sea, the exclusive economic zone and the continental shelf. rt isnotesorthy that the Trlbunal declared that the esseotial objectlve of its decision ''as to reach an eguitabre solucion wi.thin the conlext of artlcres 74, paragraph 1,and article 83, paragraph 1, of the uoited Nationa convention on the Lat, of thesea. ]!./ Libyan Arab Jamahir iva
**Analysis**
The text appears to be related to a maritime boundary dispute between Guinea and Guinea-Bissau, with references to international law and the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. The arbitration tribunal's decision aims to establish a fair and equitable solution, suggesting that the issue is more related to international relations and law rather than a specific sector or industry.

**Category**
Natural resources and environment, International trade