Country ranking for field: disputes international 2002

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This entry includes a wide variety of situations that range from traditional bilateral boundary disputes to unilateral claims of one sort or another. Information regarding disputes over international terrestrial and maritime boundaries has been reviewed by the US Department of State. References to other situations involving borders or frontiers may also be included, such as resource disputes, geopolitical questions, or irredentist issues; however, inclusion does not necessarily constitute official acceptance or recognition by the US Government.

1	Russia	2001
2	North Korea	33-km section of boundary with China in the Paektu-san
3	Afghanistan	close ties with Pashtuns in Pakistan make long border difficult to control
4	Palau	none
5	New Caledonia	Matthew and Hunter Islands east of New Caledonia claimed by France and Vanuatu
6	New Zealand	territorial claim in Antarctica
7	Nicaragua	territorial disputes with Colombia over the Archipelago de San Andres y Providencia and Quita Sueno Bank; with respect to the maritime boundary question in the Golfo de Fonseca the ICJ referred to the line determined by the 1900 Honduras-Nicaragua Mixed Boundary Commission and advised that some tripartite resolution among El Salvador Honduras and Nicaragua likely would be required; legal dispute over navigational rights of San Juan River on border with Costa Rica
8	Niger	Niger and Benin have refered to the ICJ the dispute over l'Ete and 14 smaller islands in the Niger River which has never been delimited; the Benin-Niger-Nigeria tripoint remains undemarcated; Lake Chad Basin Commission urges signatories Cameroon Chad Niger and Nigeria to ratify delimitation treaty over lake region the site of continuing armed clashes; Libya claims about 19400 km² in northern Niger in a currently dormant dispute
9	Nigeria	Nigeria disputes several villages with Benin along the Okpara River and only 35 km of their common boundary are demarcated; the Benin-Niger-Nigeria tripoint remains undemarcated; Lake Chad Basin Commission urges signatories Cameroon Chad Niger and Nigeria to ratify delimitation treaty over lake region the site of continuing armed clashes; oral arguments on the land and maritime boundary disputes between Cameroon and Nigeria were presented to the ICJ; disputes center around Bakasi Peninsula where armed clashes continue Bouram Island on Lake Chad and the maritime boundary and economic zone dispute in the Gulf of Guinea which also involves Equatorial Guinea; Nigeria requests and Chad rejects redemarcation of boundary which lacks clear demarcation in sections and has caused several cross-border incidents
10	Niue	none
11	Norfolk Island	none
12	Northern Mariana Islands	none
13	Norway	Norway asserts a territorial claim in Antarctica
14	Oman	Oman signed a boundary treaty with the UAE in 1999 but the completed boundary is not expected until the end of 2002; undefined segments of the Oman-UAE boundary remain with Ra's al-Khaymah and Ash Shariqah
15	Pacific Ocean	some maritime disputes
16	Pakistan	armed stand-off with India over the status and sovereignty of Kashmir continues; dispute with India over the terminus of Rann of Kutch prevents extension of a maritime boundary; water-sharing problems with India persist over the Indus River
17	Palmyra Atoll	none
18	Nepal	formed Joint Border committee with India in 2001 to resolve 53 disputed sections of boundary covering an area of 720 km²; approximately 100000 Bhutanese refugees living in Nepal 90% of whom reside in seven UN Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees camps place decades-long strains on Nepal
19	Panama	none
20	Papua New Guinea	none
21	Paracel Islands	occupied by China but claimed by Taiwan and Vietnam
22	Paraguay	none
23	Peru	dispute with Chile over the economic zone delimited by the maritime boundary; Colombian drug activities penetrate Peruvian border area
24	Philippines	Sultanate of Sulu granted Philippines Government power of attorney to pursue his sovereignty claim over Malaysia's Sabah State to which the Philippines have not fully revoked their claim; involved in a complex dispute over the Spratly Islands with China Malaysia Taiwan Vietnam and possibly Brunei
25	Pitcairn Islands	none
26	Poland	none
27	Portugal	none
28	Puerto Rico	none
29	Qatar	none
30	Romania	Romania and Ukraine have yet to resolve claims over Ukrainian-administered Zmiyinyy
31	Rwanda	Tutsi Hutu and other ethnic groups political rebels and various government forces continue fighting in Great Lakes region transcending the boundaries of Burundi Democratic Republic of the Congo Rwanda and Uganda
32	Netherlands Antilles	none
33	Navassa Island	claimed by Haiti
34	Saint Helena	none
35	Malta	none
36	Lesotho	none
37	Liberia	rebels and refugees contribute to border instabilities with Sierra Leone
38	Libya	Chadian rebels from Aozou region reside in Libya; Libya claims about 19400 km² in Niger as well as part of southeastern Algeria in currently dormant disputes
39	Liechtenstein	Liechtenstein's royal family claims restitution for 1600 km² of land in the Czech Republic confiscated in 1918
40	Lithuania	the Russian Duma has not ratified 1997 boundary treaty; the Latvian Parliament has not ratified its 1998 maritime boundary treaty with Lithuania primarily due to concerns over oil exploration rights
41	Luxembourg	none
42	Macau	none
43	Macedonia	dispute with Greece over country's name persists; 2001 FYROM-Yugoslavia boundary delimitation agreement which adjusts former republic boundaries was signed and ratified and awaits demarcation; ethnic Albanians in Kosovo dispute legitimacy of the agreement which cedes small tracts of Kosovo lands to FYROM
44	Madagascar	claims Bassas da India Europa Island Glorioso Islands Juan de Nova Island and Tromelin Island
45	Malawi	Malawi and Tanzania maintain a largely dormant dispute over the boundary in Lake Nyasa
46	Malaysia	Malaysia involved in a complex dispute over the Spratly Islands with China Philippines Taiwan Vietnam and possibly Brunei; Malaysia and Singapore are considering taking the dispute over Pulau Batu Putih
47	Maldives	none
48	Mali	none
49	Marshall Islands	claims US territory of Wake Island
50	Nauru	none
51	Martinique	none
52	Mauritania	none
53	Mauritius	Mauritius claims the Chagos Archipelago
54	Mayotte	claimed by Comoros
55	Mexico	none
56	Midway Islands	none
57	Moldova	Moldovan difficulties with break-away Transnistria region inhibit establishment of a joint customs regime with Ukraine to curtail smuggling arms transfers and other illegal activities
58	Monaco	none
59	Mongolia	none
60	Montserrat	none
61	Morocco	claims and administers Western Sahara but sovereignty remains unresolved; UN-administered cease-fire has remained in effect since September 1991 but attempts to hold a referendum have failed and parties reject other proposals; Spain controls three small possessions off the coast of Morocco - the islands of Penon de Alhucemas Penon de Velez de la Gomera and Islas Chafarinas and two autonomous communities on the coast of Morrocco - Ceuta and Mellila; Morocco rejected Spain's unilateral designation of a median line from the Canary Islands in 2002 to explore undersea resources and to interdict illegal refugees from Africa
62	Mozambique	none
63	Myanmar	despite renewed border committee talks significant differences remain with Thailand over boundary alignment and the handling of ethnic guerrilla rebels refugees smuggling and drug trafficking in cross-border region; Burmese attempts to construct a dam on border stream with Bangladesh in 2001 prompted an armed response halting construction; Burmese Muslim migration into Bangladesh strains Bangladesh's meager resources
64	Namibia	none
65	Réunion	none
66	Saint Kitts and Nevis	none
67	Latvia	the Russian Duma refuses to ratify boundary delimitation treaty with Latvia; the Latvian Parliament has not ratified its 1998 maritime boundary treaty with Lithuania primarily due to concerns over oil exploration rights
68	Uganda	Tutsi Hutu and other ethnic groups political rebels and various government forces continue fighting in Great Lakes region transcending the boundaries of Burundi Democratic Republic of the Congo Rwanda and Uganda
69	The Gambia	none
70	The Netherlands	none
71	Togo	Benin accuses Togo of moving boundary markers and stationing troops in its territory
72	Tokelau	none
73	Tonga	none
74	Trinidad and Tobago	none
75	Tromelin Island	claimed by Madagascar and Mauritius
76	Tunisia	none
77	Turkey	complex maritime air and territorial disputes with Greece in Aegean Sea; Cyprus question with Greece; dispute with downstream riparian states
78	Turkmenistan	Turkmenistan Kazakhstan Tajikistan and Uzbekistan wrestle with sharing limited water resources and regional environmental degradation caused by the shrinking of the Aral Sea; multilaterally-accepted Caspian Sea seabed and maritime boundaries have not yet been established in the Caspian - Iran insists on division of Caspian Sea into five equal sectors while Azerbaijan Kazakhstan Russia and Turkmenistan have generally agreed upon equidistant seabed boundaries; Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan await ICJ decision to resolve sovereignty dispute over oil fields in the Caspian Sea
79	Turks and Caicos Islands	none
80	Tuvalu	none
81	U.S. Virgin Islands	none
82	Ukraine	Ukraine and Romania have yet to resolve claims over Ukrainian-administered Zmiyinyy
83	Thailand	a one km stretch of Malaysia-Thailand territory at the mouth of the Kolok river remains in dispute despite overall success in boundary redemarcation; Cambodia accuses Thailand of moving or destroying boundary markers and encroachment of not respecting its claims and of sealing off access to the Preah Vihear temple ruin awarded to Cambodia by the ICJ in 1962; demarcation of boundary with Laos is nearing completion but Mekong River islets remain in dispute; Laos also protests Thai squatters; despite renewed border committee talks significant differences remain with Burma over boundary alignment and the handling of ethnic guerrilla rebels refugees smuggling and drug trafficking in cross-border region
84	United Arab Emirates	because the treaties have not been made public the exact alignment of the boundary with Saudi Arabia is still unknown and labeled approximate; boundary agreement signed and ratified with Oman in 2002 for entire border including Oman's Musandam Peninsula and Al Madhah enclaves; UAE engage in direct talks and solicit Arab League support to resolve disputes over Iran's occupation of Lesser and Greater Tunb Islands and Abu Musa Island
85	United Kingdom	Spain and UK are discussing 'total shared sovereignty' over Gibraltar subject to a constitutional referendum by Gibraltarians who have largely expressed opposition to any form of cession to Spain; Mauritius and Seychelles claim the Chagos Archipelago
86	United States	maritime boundary disputes with Canada
87	Uruguay	uncontested dispute with Brazil over islands in the Rio Quarai
88	Uzbekistan	dispute over access to Sokh and other Uzbek enclaves in Kyrgyzstan mars progress on international boundary delimitation; Kazakhstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan wrestle with sharing limited water resources; Kazakhstan Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan contend with the regional environmental degradation caused by the shrinking Aral Sea; the border with Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan is mined in certain sections continuing to cause civilian casualties
89	Vanuatu	Matthew and Hunter Islands east of New Caledonia claimed by Vanuatu and France
90	Venezuela	claims all of Guyana west of the Essequibo
91	Vietnam	Vietnam disputes several offshore islands with Cambodia preventing delimitation of a maritime boundary; Cambodia accuses Vietnam of territorial encroachments and initiating armed border incidents in seven provinces; demarcation of boundaries with Laos is nearing completion but Laos protests Vietnamese squatters; involved in a complex dispute over the Spratly Islands with China Malaysia Philippines Taiwan and possibly Brunei; maritime boundary with China in the Gulf of Tonkin still awaits ratification; Paracel Islands occupied by China but claimed by Taiwan and Vietnam; demarcation of the land boundary with China has commenced but details of the alignment have not been made public
92	Wake Island	claimed by Marshall Islands
93	Wallis and Futuna	none
94	West Bank	West Bank and Gaza Strip are Israeli-occupied with current status subject to the Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement - permanent status to be determined through further negotiation
95	Western Sahara	Morocco claims and administers Western Sahara but sovereignty remains unresolved; UN-administered cease-fire has remained in effect since September 1991 but attempts to hold a referendum have failed and parties reject other proposals
96	Yemen	demarcation of delimited boundary with Saudi Arabia involves nomadic tribal affiliations; Yemen has asserted traditional fishing rights to islands ceded to Eritrea in ICJ ruling
97	Zambia	none
98	The Bahamas	none
99	Tanzania	Tanzania and Malawi maintain a largely dormant dispute over the boundary in Lake Nyasa
100	Saint Lucia	none
101	South Africa	Swaziland continues to press South Africa into ceding ethnic Swazi lands in Kangwane region of KwaZulu-Natal province that were long ago part of the Swazi Kingdom
102	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	none
103	Saint-Pierre and Miquelon	none
104	Samoa	none
105	San Marino	none
106	Saudi Arabia	demarcation of delimited boundary with Yemen involves nomadic tribal affiliations; because details of 1974 and 1977 treaties have not been made public the exact location of the Saudi Arabia-UAE boundary is unknown and status is considered de facto
107	Senegal	Senegalese separatists disrupt legal border trade with smuggling cattle rustling and other illegal activities in Guinea-Bissau
108	Serbia and Montenegro	Serbia and Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina have delimited about half of their boundary but several segments particularly along the meandering Drina River remain in dispute; The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
109	Seychelles	claims the Chagos Archipelago
110	Sierra Leone	ongoing conflict in Sierra Leone has engendered refugee movements into neighboring Guinea and Liberia
111	Singapore	Singapore and Malaysia are considering taking the unresolved dispute over Pulau Batu Putih
112	Slovakia	Slovakia requested additional ICJ judgment in 1998 and talks continue to set modalities to assure Hungarian compliance with 1997 ICJ decision to proceed with construction of Gabcikovo-Nagymaros Dam abandoned by Hungary in 1989
113	Slovenia	Slovenia and Croatia have not obtained parliamentary ratification of 2001 land and marine boundary treaty which cedes villages on the Dragonja River and Sveta Gera
114	Solomon Islands	none
115	Somalia	most of the southern half of the boundary with Ethiopia is a provisional administrative line; in the Ogaden regional states have established a variety of conflicting relationships with the Transitional National Government in Mogadishu feuding factions in Puntland region and the economically stabile break-away 'Somaliland' region; Djibouti maintains economic ties and border accords with 'Somaliland' leadership while politically supporting Somali Transitional National Government in Mogadishu; arms smuggling and Oromo rebel activities prompt strict border regime with Kenya
116	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands occupied briefly by Argentina in 1982; islands continue to be claimed by Argentina
117	Tajikistan	Uzbekistan has mined much of its undemarcated southern and eastern border with Tajikistan; border demarcation negotiations continuing with Kyrgyzstan in Isfara Valley area; Kazakhstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan wrestle with sharing water resources and the resulting regional environmental degradation caused by the shrinking of the Aral Sea
118	South Korea	Demarcation Line with North Korea; Liancourt Rocks/Take-shima/Tok-do disputed with Japan
119	Southern Ocean	Antarctic Treaty defers claims
120	Spain	Spain and UK are discussing 'total shared sovereignty' over Gibraltar subject to a constitutional referendum by Gibraltarians who have largely expressed opposition to any form of cession to Spain; Spain controls the coastal enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla which Morocco contests as well as the islands of Penon de Alhucemas Penon de Velez de la Gomera and Islas Chafarinas; Morocco rejected Spain's unilateral designation of a median line from the Canary Islands in 2002 to explore undersea resources and to interdict illegal refugees from Africa
121	Spratly Islands	all of the Spratly Islands are claimed by China Taiwan and Vietnam; parts of them are claimed by Malaysia and the Philippines; in 1984 Brunei established an exclusive fishing zone that encompasses Louisa Reef in the southern Spratly Islands but has not publicly claimed the island; in 2000 China joined ASEAN discussions towards creating a South China Sea 'code of conduct' - a non-legally binding confidence building measure
122	Sri Lanka	none
123	Sudan	Sudan agrees in 2002 to demarcate whole boundary with Ethiopia; Egypt and Sudan each claim to administer triangular areas which extend north and south of the 1899 Treaty boundary along the 22nd Parallel
124	Suriname	area disputed by French Guiana between Riviere Litani and Riviere Marouini
125	Svalbard	despite recent discussions Russia and Norway dispute their maritime limits in the Barents Sea and Russia's fishing rights beyond Svalbard's territorial limits within the Svalbard Treaty zone
126	Swaziland	Swaziland continues to press South Africa into ceding ethnic Swazi lands in Kangwane region of KwaZulu-Natal province that were long ago part of the Swazi Kingdom
127	Sweden	none
128	Switzerland	none
129	Syria	Golan Heights is Israeli-occupied; dispute with upstream riparian Turkey over Turkish water development plans for the Tigris and Euphrates rivers; Syrian troops in northern central and eastern Lebanon since October 1976; Turkey is quick to rebuff any perceived Syrian claim to Hatay province
130	São Tomé and Príncipe	none
131	Taiwan	involved in complex dispute over the Spratly Islands with China Malaysia Philippines Vietnam and possibly Brunei; Paracel Islands occupied by China but claimed by Taiwan and Vietnam; claims Japanese-administered Senkaku-shoto
132	Lebanon	Syrian troops in northern central and eastern Lebanon since October 1976; Lebanese Government claims Shab'a Farms area of Israeli-occupied Golan Heights
133	Laos	demarcation of boundaries with Cambodia Thailand and Vietnam is nearing completion but with Thailand several areas including Mekong River islets remain in dispute; ongoing disputes with Thailand and Vietnam over squatters
134	Albania	the Albanian Government supports protection of the rights of ethnic Albanians outside of its borders in the Kosovo region of Serbia and Montenegro and in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia while continuing to seek regional cooperation; many Albanians illegally transit neighboring states to emigrate to western Europe
135	Clipperton Island	none
136	Bulgaria	because of a shift in the Danube course since the last correction of the boundary in 1920 a joint Bulgarian-Romanian team will recommend sovereignty changes to several islands and redefine the boundary
137	Burkina Faso	two villages are in dispute with Benin
138	Burundi	Tutsi Hutu and other conflicting ethnic groups political rebels and various government forces continue fighting in Great Lakes region transcending the boundaries of Burundi Democratic Republic of the Congo Rwanda and Uganda
139	Cabo Verde	none
140	Cambodia	demarcation of boundaries with Cambodia Thailand and Vietnam is nearing completion; accuses Thailand of moving or destroying boundary markers and encroachment of not respecting its claims and of sealing off access to the Preah Vihear temple ruin awarded to Cambodia by the ICJ in 1962; accuses Vietnam of territorial encroachments and initiating armed border incidents in seven provinces despite substantial demarcation efforts to date; disputes several offshore islands with Vietnam which prevents delimitation of a maritime boundary
141	Cameroon	oral arguments on the land and maritime boundary disputes between Cameroon and Nigeria were presented to the ICJ; disputes center around Bakasi Peninsula where armed clashes continue Bouram Island on Lake Chad and the maritime boundary and economic zone dispute in the Gulf of Guinea which also involves Equatorial Guinea; Lake Chad Basin Commission urges signatories Cameroon Chad Niger and Nigeria to ratify delimitation treaty over lake region the site of continuing armed clashes
142	Canada	maritime boundary disputes with the US
143	Cayman Islands	none
144	Central African Republic	none
145	Chad	Lake Chad Commission urges signatories Cameroon Chad Niger and Nigeria to ratify delimitation treaty over lake region the site of continuing armed clashes; Nigeria requests and Chad rejects redemarcation of boundary which lacks clear demarcation in sections and has caused several cross-border incidents; Chadian rebels from Aozou reside in Libya
146	Chile	Bolivia continues to demand a sovereign corridor to the South Pacific Ocean since the Atacama region was lost to Chile in 1884; territorial claim in Antarctica
147	China	in 2000 China joined ASEAN discussions towards creating a South China Sea 'code of conduct' - a non-legally binding confidence-building measure; much of the rugged militarized boundary with India is in dispute but talks to resolve the least contested middle sector resumed in 2001; ongoing talks with Tajikistan have failed to resolve the longstanding dispute over the indefinite boundary; Kazakhstan is working rapidly with China to delimit its large open borders to control population migration illegal activities and trade; 2001 Treaty of Good Neighborliness Friendship and Cooperation commits Russia and China to seek peaceable unanimity over disputed alluvial islands at the confluence of the Amur and Ussuri rivers and a small island on the Argun; involved in a complex dispute over the Spratly Islands with Malaysia Philippines Taiwan Vietnam and possibly Brunei; maritime boundary agreement with Vietnam in the Gulf of Tonkin awaits ratification; Paracel Islands occupied by China but claimed by Vietnam and Taiwan; claims Japanese-administered Senkaku-shoto
148	Christmas Island	none
149	Cocos Islands	none
150	British Virgin Islands	none
151	Colombia	Nicaragua filed a claim against Honduras in 1999 and against Colombia in 2001 at the ICJ over disputed maritime boundary involving 50000 km² in the Caribbean Sea including the Archipelago de San Andres y Providencia and Quita Sueno Bank; maritime boundary dispute with Venezuela in the Gulf of Venezuela; Colombian drug activities penetrate Peruvian border area
152	Comoros	claims French-administered Mayotte; the island of Anjouan
153	Congo	most of the Congo River boundary with the Democratic Republic of the Congo is indefinite
154	Cook Islands	none
155	Coral Sea Islands Territory	none
156	Costa Rica	legal dispute over navigational rights of Rio San Juan on border with Nicaragua
157	Croatia	Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina continue discussions on the disputed boundary in the Una River near Kostajnica Hrvatska Dubica and Zeljava; Bosnia and Herzegovina also protests Croatian claim to the tip of the Klek Peninsula and several islands near Neum; Hungary opposes Croatian plan to build a hydropower dam on the boundary stream Drava; Slovenia and Croatia have not obtained parliamentary ratification of 2001 land and maritime boundary treaty which cedes villages on the Dragonja River and Sveta Gera
158	Cuba	US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay is leased to US and only mutual agreement or US abandonment of the area can terminate the lease
159	Cyprus	reunification talks - the first since 1974 hostilities divided the island into two de facto autonomous areas a Greek Cypriot area controlled by the internationally recognized Cypriot Government
160	Czech Republic	Liechtenstein's royal family claims restitution for 1600 km² of land in the Czech Republic confiscated in 1918; individual Sudeten German claims for restitution of property confiscated in connection with their expulsion after World War II; Austria has minor dispute with Czech Republic over the Temelin nuclear power plant and post-World War II treatment of German-speaking minorities
161	Côte d'Ivoire	none
162	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Democratic Republic of the Congo is in the grip of a civil war that has drawn in military forces from neighboring states with Uganda and Rwanda supporting the rebel movements that occupy much of the eastern portion of the state; Tutsi Hutu and other conflicting ethnic groups political rebels and various government forces continue fighting in Great Lakes region transcending the boundaries of Burundi Democratic Republic of the Congo Rwanda and Uganda; most of the Congo River boundary with the Republic of the Congo is indefinite
163	Denmark	Rockall continental shelf dispute involving Denmark Iceland and the UK
164	Djibouti	Djibouti maintains economic ties and border accords with 'Somaliland' leadership while politically supporting the Somali Transitional National Government in Mogadishu
165	Brunei	Brunei established an exclusive economic fishing zone encompassing Louisa Reef in southern Spratly Islands in 1984 but makes no public territorial claim to the offshore reefs
166	British Indian Ocean Territory	Mauritius and Seychelles claim the Chagos Archipelago including Diego Garcia; in 2001 the former inhabitants of the Chagos Archipelago evicted in 1965 and now residing chiefly in Mauritius were granted UK citizenship and the right to repatriation; the UK resists the Chagossians' demand for an immediate return to the islands; repatriation is complicated by the exclusive US military lease of Diego Garcia that restricts access to the largest island in the chain;
167	Dominican Republic	none
168	Azerbaijan	Armenia supports ethnic Armenian secessionists in Nagorno-Karabakh and militarily occupies about one-sixth of Azerbaijan - Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
169	Algeria	part of southeastern region claimed by Libya; Algeria supports exiled West Saharan Polisario Front and rejects Moroccan administration of Western Sahara
170	American Samoa	none
171	Andorra	border is undemarcated in sections
172	Angola	none
173	Anguilla	none
174	Antarctica	Antarctic Treaty freezes claims
175	Antigua and Barbuda	none
176	Arctic Ocean	some maritime disputes
177	Argentina	claims UK-administered Falkland Islands
178	Armenia	Armenia supports ethnic Armenian secessionists in Nagorno-Karabakh and militarily occupies 16% of Azerbaijan - Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
179	Aruba	none
180	Atlantic Ocean	some maritime disputes
181	Australia	Australia-East Timor-Indonesia are working to resolve maritime boundary and sharing of seabed resources in 'Timor Gap'; Australia asserts a territorial claim to Antarctica and to its continental shelf
182	Austria	minor disputes with Czech Republic and Slovenia continue over nuclear power plants and post-World War II treatment of German-speaking minorities
183	Bahrain	none
184	Brazil	uncontested dispute with Uruguay over islands in the Rio Quarai
185	Baker Island	none
186	Bangladesh	only a small portion of the boundary with India remains undelimited; discussions to demarcate the boundary exchange 162 miniscule enclaves and allocate divided villages remain stalled; skirmishes illegal border trafficking and violence along the border continue; Bangladesh has protested India's attempts to fence off high traffic sections of the porous boundary; Burmese attempts to construct a dam on the border stream in 2001 prompted an armed response halting construction; Burmese Muslim refugees migrate into Bangladesh straining meager resources
187	Barbados	none
188	Bassas da India	claimed by Madagascar
189	Belarus	boundary demarcation with Latvia and Lithuania is pending European Union funding
190	Belgium	none
191	Belize	the 'Line of Adjacency' established in 2000 as an agreed limit to check squatters settling in Belize remains in place while the Organization of American States
192	Benin	Benin and Niger have refered to the ICJ the dispute over l'Ete and 14 smaller disputed islands in the Niger River which has never been delimited; with Nigeria several villages are in dispute along the Okpara River and only 35 km of the 436 km boundary are demarcated; the Benin-Niger-Nigeria tripoint remains undemarcated; Benin accuses Togo of moving boundary markers and stationing troops in its territory; two villages are in dispute with Burkina Faso
193	Bermuda	none
194	Bhutan	approximately 100000 Bhutanese refugees living in Nepal 90% of whom reside in seven UN Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees camps place decades-long strains on Nepal
195	Bolivia	continues to demand a sovereign corridor to the South Pacific Ocean since the Atacama region was lost to Chile in 1884
196	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia and Montenegro have delimited about half of their boundary but several segments particularly along the meandering Drina River remain in dispute; discussions continue with Croatia on the disputed boundary in the Una River near Kostajnica Hrvatska Dubica and Zeljava; protests Croatian claim to the tip of the Klek Peninsula and several islands near Neum
197	Botswana	none
198	Bouvet Island	none
199	Dominica	none
200	East Timor	East Timor-Indonesia Boundary Committee meets to survey and delimit land boundary; Indonesia seeks resolution of East Timor refugees in Indonesia; Australia-East Timor-Indonesia are working to resolve maritime boundary and sharing of seabed resources in 'Timor Gap'
201	Kyrgyzstan	territorial dispute with Tajikistan on southwestern boundary in Isfara Valley area; dispute over access to Sokh and other Uzbek enclaves in Kyrgyzstan mars progress on boundary delimitation; disputes over provision of water and hydroelectric power to Kazakhstan; periodic target of Islamic insurgents from Uzbekistan Tajikistan and Afghanistan
202	Isle of Man	none
203	Heard Island and McDonald Islands	none
204	Holy See	none
205	Honduras	Honduras claims Sapodilla Cays off the coast of Belize; El Salvador disputes tiny Conejo Island off Honduras in the Golfo de Fonseca; many of the 'bolsones'
206	Hong Kong	none
207	Howland Island	none
208	Hungary	Slovakia requested additional ICJ judgment in 1998 and talks continue to set modalities to assure Hungarian compliance with 1997 ICJ decision to proceed with construction of Gabcikovo-Nagymaros Dam abandoned by Hungary in 1989; Hungary opposes Croatian plan to build a hydropower dam on the boundary stream Drava
209	Iceland	Rockall continental shelf dispute involving Denmark Iceland and the UK
210	India	boundary with China in dispute; status of Kashmir with Pakistan; water-sharing problems with Pakistan over the Indus River
211	Indian Ocean	some maritime disputes
212	Indonesia	Sipadan and Ligitan islands dispute with Malaysia remains with the ICJ for arbitration since 1998; East Timor-Indonesia Boundary Committee meets to survey and delimit land boundary; Indonesia seeks resolution of East Timor refugees in Indonesia; Australia-East Timor-Indonesia are working to resolve maritime boundary and sharing of seabed resources in 'Timor Gap'
213	Iran	despite restored diplomatic relations in 1990 Iran lacks maritime boundary with Iraq and disputes land boundary navigation channels and other issues from eight-year war; UAE seeks United Arab League and other international support against Iran's occupation of Greater Tunb Island
214	Iraq	despite restored diplomatic relations in 1990 lacks maritime boundary with Iran and disputes land boundary navigation channels and other issues from eight-year war; in November 1994 Iraq formally accepted the UN-demarcated border with Kuwait which had been spelled out in Security Council Resolutions 687
215	Ireland	disputes with Iceland Denmark and the UK over the Faroe Islands continental shelf boundary outside 200 NM
216	Israel	West Bank and Gaza Strip are Israeli-occupied with current status subject to the Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement - permanent status to be determined through further negotiation; Golan Heights is Israeli-occupied
217	Guyana	all of the area west of the Essequibo
218	Italy	Croatia and Italy are still trying to resolve bilateral property and ethnic minority rights dating from World War II
219	Jamaica	none
220	Jan Mayen	none
221	Japan	islands of Etorofu Kunashiri and Shikotan and the Habomai group occupied by the Soviet Union in 1945 now administered by Russia claimed by Japan; Liancourt Rocks
222	Jarvis Island	none
223	Jersey	none
224	Johnston Atoll	none
225	Jordan	none
226	Juan de Nova Island	claimed by Madagascar
227	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan is working rapidly with China and Russia to delimit its large open borders to control population migration illegal activities and trade; signed bilateral agreement with Russia delimiting the Caspian Sea seabed but littoral states are far from any multilateral agreement on dividing the waters and seabed regimes - Iran insists on division of Caspian Sea into five equal sectors while Azerbaijan Kazakhstan Russia and Turkmenistan have generally agreed upon equidistant seabed boundaries; border largely delimited with Uzbekistan but unresolved dispute remains over sovereignty of two border villages Bagys and Turkestan and around the Arnasay dam; Kazakhstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan wrestle with sharing limited water resources and the regional environmental degradation caused by the shrinking of the Aral Sea; disputes with Kyrgyzstan over providing water and hydropower to Kazakhstan
228	Kenya	since colonial times Kenya's administrative boundary has extended beyond its treaty boundary into Sudan creating the 'Ilemi Triangle'; arms smuggling and Oromo rebel activities prompt strict border regime with Somalia
229	Kingman Reef	none
230	Kiribati	none
231	Kuwait	in November 1994 Iraq formally accepted the UN-demarcated border with Kuwait which had been spelled out in Security Council Resolutions 687
232	Haiti	claims US-administered Navassa Island
233	Guinea	major border incursions from Revolutionary United Front combatants from Sierra Leone dissident Guinean forces Liberian Army and mercenaries between September 2000 and March 2001 killed over 1500 Guinean civilians and military personnel; the borders remain mostly sealed
234	Ecuador	none
235	French Polynesia	none
236	Egypt	Egypt and Sudan each claim to administer triangular areas which extend north and south of the 1899 Treaty boundary along the 22nd Parallel
237	El Salvador	El Salvador claims tiny Conejo Island off Honduras in the Golfo de Fonseca; many of the 'bolsones'
238	Equatorial Guinea	tripartite maritime boundary and economic zone dispute with Cameroon and Nigeria is currently before the ICJ; maritime boundary dispute with Gabon because of disputed sovereignty over islands in Corisco Bay
239	Eritrea	Eritrea and Ethiopia have expressed general approval of the April 2002 arbitration commission ruling re-delimiting the boundary the focus of their 1998-2000 war; United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea
240	Estonia	Russia continues to reject signing and ratifying the joint December 1996 technical border agreement with Estonia
241	Ethiopia	most of the southern half of the boundary with Somalia in the Ogaden region is a provisional administrative line; in the Ogaden regional states have established a variety of conflicting relationships with the Somali Transitional National Government in Mogadishu feuding factions in Puntland region and the economically stabile break-away 'Somaliland' region; Ethiopia agreeed in 2002 to demarcate its entire boundary with Sudan; Eritrea and Ethiopia have expressed general approval of the April 2002 arbitration commission ruling re-delimiting the boundary the focus of their 1998-2000 war; United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea
242	Europa Island	claimed by Madagascar
243	Falkland Islands	claimed by Argentina
244	Faroe Islands	Faroese are considering proposals for full independence; Denmark dispute with Iceland over the Faroe Islands fisheries median line boundary of 200 NM; Denmark disputes with Iceland the UK and Ireland over the Faroe Islands continental shelf boundary outside 200 NM
245	Federated States of Micronesia	none
246	Fiji	none
247	Finland	none
248	France	Madagascar claims Bassas da India Europa Island Glorioso Islands Juan de Nova Island and Tromelin Island; Comoros claims Mayotte; Mauritius claims Tromelin Island; territorial dispute between Suriname and French Guiana; territorial claim in Antarctica
249	French Guiana	Suriname claims area between Riviere Litani and Riviere Marouini
250	French Southern and Antarctic Lands	'Adelie Land' claim in Antarctica is not recognized by the US
251	Guinea-Bissau	Senegalese separatists disrupt legal border trade with smuggling cattle rustling and other illegal activities
252	Gabon	maritime boundary dispute with Equatorial Guinea because of disputed sovereignty over islands in Corisco Bay
253	Gaza Strip	West Bank and Gaza Strip are Israeli-occupied with current status subject to the Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement - permanent status to be determined through further negotiation
254	Georgia	Chechen and other insurgents transit Pankisi Gorge to infiltrate Akhmeti region; boundary with Russia has been largely delimited but not demarcated; several small strategic segments remain in dispute
255	Germany	none
256	Ghana	none
257	Gibraltar	Gibraltar residents vote overwhelmingly in referendum against 'total shared sovereignty' arrangement worked out between Spain and UK to change 300-year rule over colony
258	Glorioso Islands	claimed by Madagascar
259	Greece	Greece and Turkey have resumed discussions to resolve their complex maritime air territorial and boundary disputes in the Aegean Sea; Cyprus question with Turkey; dispute with The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia over its name
260	Greenland	none
261	Grenada	none
262	Guadeloupe	none
263	Guam	none
264	Guatemala	the 'Line of Adjacency' established as an agreed limit in 2000 to check squatters settling in Belize remains in place while OAS assists states to resolve Guatemalan territorial claims in Belize and Guatemalan maritime access to the Caribbean Sea
265	Guernsey	none
266	Zimbabwe	none

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