t area controlled by the
internationally recognized Cypriot Government (59% of the island's
land area) and a Turkish-Cypriot area (37% of the island), that are
separated by a UN buffer zone (4% of the island); there are two UK
sovereign base areas mostly within the Greek Cypriot portion of the
island
Czech Republic:
Liechtenstein's royal family claims restitution for
1,600 sq km 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 nuclear power
plants and post-World War II treatment of German-speaking minorities
Denmark:
Rockall continental shelf dispute involving Iceland and the
UK (Ireland and the UK have signed a boundary agreement in the
Rockall area); dispute with Iceland over the Faroe Islands fisheries
median line boundary within 200 NM; disputes with Iceland, the UK,
and Ireland over the Faroe Islands continental shelf boundary
outside 200 NM
Djibouti:
none
Dominica:
none
Dominican Republic:
none
Ecuador:
none
Egypt:
Egypt asserts its claim to the "Hala'ib Triangle," a barren
area of 20,580 sq km under partial Sudanese administration that is
defined by an administrative boundary which supersedes the treaty
boundary of 1899
El Salvador:
with respect to the maritime boundary 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
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
Eritrea:
as a result of the 12 December 2000 peace agreement ending
a two-year war with Ethiopia, the UN will administer a 25-km wide
temporary security zone within Eritrea until a joint boundary
commission delimits and demarcates a final boundary
Estonia:
Estonian and Russian negotiators reached a technical border
agreement in December 1996 which has not been signed nor ratified by
Russia as of February 2001
Ethiopia:
most of the southern half of the boundary with Somalia is
a Provisional Admi
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