Statehood in regard to sea level and sea rise
[there is no need to analyze PSIDS’s position re statehood, just write directly Australia and NZ’s positions]
[use bluebook format for the footnote]
a. Australia’s position with regard to PSIDS’s position of keeping their statehood when losing their qualification of being a state, support or not support of PSDIS’s position and why? Find materials can support the points you make re Australia’s position, such as their statement in the UN, the meeting record of the PIF, its state practice and others. What would be the best position for Australia’s national interests?
b. NZ’s position with regard to PSIDS’s position of keeping their statehood when losing their qualification of being a state, support or not support of PSDIS’s position and why? Find materials can support the points you make re NZ’s position, such as their statement in the UN, the meeting record of the PIF, its state practice and others. What would be the best position for NZ’s national interests?
c. How Australia and New Zealand could use legal interpretation to adapt their position? Any prior precedent in the international in similar or comparable cases? What are such precedents and analyze it.
