Dengan cara penggambaran batas-batas geografis, maka bentuk dari Kepulauan Senkaku merupakan wilayah yang tidak terbantahkan yang dikelola
secara administratif oleh Amerika Serikat.
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2.6. Okinawa Reversion Agreement
Pada tanggal 17 Juni 1971, bertempat di Tokyo dan Washington DC, disahkan mengenai Perjanjian antara Jepang dan Amerika Serikat mengenai
Kepulauan Ryukyu dan Kepulauan Daito selanjutnya disebut Okinawa Reversion Agreement, yang berlaku mulai 15 Mei 1972. Perjanjian ini pun mengakhiri
pendudukan Amerika Serikat atas Okinawa. Mengenai penyerahan ini terdapat dalam Article 1:
1. With respect to the Ryukyu Islands and the Daito Islands, as defined in paragraph 2 below, the United States of America
relinquishes in favor of Japan all rights and interests under Article 3 of the Treaty of Peace with Japan signed at the city of
San Francisco on September 8, 1951, effective as of the date of entry into force of this Agreement. Japan, as of such date,
assumes full responsibility an authority for the exercise of all and any powers of administration, legislation and jurisdiction
over the territory and inhabitants of the said islands. 2. For the purpose of this Agreement, the term the Ryukyu
Islands and the Daito Islands means all the territories and their
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Byung-Chin, “The Northeast Asia Continental Shelf Controversy,” 1rst ed., 1980, h. 168; lebih lanjut lihat: Seokwoo Lee, ”Territorial Disputes among Japan, Tiongkok and Taiwan
Concerning the Senkaku Islands,” Boundary and Territory Briefing, Vol. 3, 2002, h. 5, dalam Martin Lohmeyer, Loc.Cit.
territorial waters with respect to which the right to exercise all and any powers of administration, Iegislation and jurisdiction
was accorded to the United States of America under Article 3 of the Treaty of Peace with Japan other than those with respect to
which such right has already been returned to Japan in accordance with the Agreement concerning the Amami Islands
and the Agreement concerning Nanpo Shoto and Other Islands signed between Japan and the United States of America,
respectively on December 24, 1953 and April 5, 1968. Saat ini, Amerika Serikat dengan tegas menyebutkan Kepulauan Senkaku
yang mana termasuk dalam perjanjian ini.
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Kata-kata dalam perjanjian tersebut mengacu pada penyerahan kedaulatan.
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Amerika serikat melepaskan semua haknya yang diterima berdasarkan Article 3 Treaty of Peace with Japan. Dengan
ini juga, Kepulauan Senkaku menjadi wilayah administrasi Jepang, terkecuali antara tahun 1945 sampai dengan 1972, yang mana berada dalam wilayah
administrasi Amerika Serikat, namun dikembalikan kepada Jepang melalui Okinawa Reversion Agreement ini.
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Untuk Kepulauan Senkaku sendiri, lebih jelasnya, sebagaimana dikutip dalam Agreed Minutes:
The representatives of the Government of Japan and of the Government of the United States of America wish to record the
following understanding reached during the negotiations for the
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Department of State officer Charles Bray; lihat Victor H. Li, “Tiongkok Off Shore Oil: The Tiao-yu Tai Dispute,” Stanford Journal of International Studies, Vol. 10, 1975, h. 151,
dalam Ibid., h. 192.
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Ibid.
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Shinya Murase, “The Senkaku Islands and International Law,” dalam Center for Strategic and International Studies, 2013, h. 1.
Agreement between Japan and the United States of America concerning the Ryukyu Islands and the Daito Islands, signed
today: Regarding Article I:
The territories defined in paragraph 2 of Article I are the territories under the administration of the United States of
America under Article 3 of the Treaty of Peace with Japan, and are, as designated under Civil Administration Proclamation
Number 27 of December 25, 1953, all of those islands, islets, atolls and rocks situated in an area bounded by the straight
lines connecting the following coordinates in the listed order: North latitude
East Longitude 28 degrees
124 degrees 40 minutes 24 degrees
122 degrees 24 degrees
133 degrees 27 degrees
131 degrees 50 minutes 27 degrees
128 degrees 18 minutes 28 degrees
128 degrees 18 minutes 28 degrees
124 degrees 40minutes.
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Dari pernyataan dalam Agreed Minutes di atas, maka Jepang dalam klaimnya menampilkan peta Kepulauan Senkaku:
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“The Senkaku Islands”, Ministry of Foreign Affairs MOFA Japan, 2013, http:www.mofa.go.jpregionasia-pacisenkakubasic_view.html, diunduh pada tanggal 5 April
2013 pukul 23.45.
Gambar 1.1. Peta Kepulauan Senkaku Berdasarkan Agreed Minutes Okinawa Reversion Agreement sumber: “The Senkaku Islands”,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Japan
Dari Agreed Minutes di atas, dengan batas-batas geografis yang digambarkan dalam peta Jepang, maka Kepulauan Senkaku saat ini masuk ke
dalam wilayah Jepang dan secara legal menjadi wilayah integral Jepang.
2.7. Pengungkapan Sumber Daya Mineral yang berada di Kepulauan
