Estonian and Russian negotiators reached a technical border
agreement in December 1996, which has not been signed or ratified by
Russia as of February 2001; draft treaty delimiting the boundary
with Latvia has not been signed; 1997 border agreement with
Lithuania not yet ratified; has made no territorial claim in
Antarctica (but has reserved the right to do so) and does not
recognize the claims of any other nation; Svalbard is the focus of a
maritime boundary dispute between Norway and Russia

Rwanda:
Rwandan military forces are supporting the rebel forces in
the civil war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Saint Helena:
none

Saint Kitts and Nevis:
none

Saint Lucia:
none

Saint Pierre and Miquelon:
none

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:
none

Samoa:
none

San Marino:
none

Sao Tome and Principe:
none

Saudi Arabia:
a final border resolution was agreed to with Qatar in
March of 2001; location and status of boundary with UAE is not
final, de facto boundary reflects a 1974 agreement; a June 2000
treaty delimited the boundary with Yemen, but final demarcation
requires adjustments based on tribal considerations

Senegal:
none

Seychelles:
claims the Chagos Archipelago (UK-administered British
Indian Ocean Territory)

Sierra Leone:
civil war has engendered massive refugee movements
into neighboring Guinea and Liberia

Singapore:
Pedra Branca Island (Pulau Batu Putih) disputed with
Malaysia

Slovakia:
Gabcikovo/Nagymaros Dam dispute with Hungary is before the
ICJ

Slovenia:
progress with Croatia on discussions of adjustments to
land boundary, but problems remain in defining maritime boundary in
Gulf of Piran; Austria has minor dispute with Slovenia over nuclear
power plants and post-World War II treatment of German-speaking
minorities

Solomon Islands:
none

Somalia:
most of the southern half of the boundary with Ethiopia is
a Provisional Administrative Line; territorial dispute with Ethiopia
over the Ogaden

South Africa:
Swaziland has asked South Africa to open negotiations
on reincorporating some nearby South African territories that are
populated by ethnic Swazis or that were long ago part of the Swazi
Kingdom

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands:
claimed by Argentina

Southern Ocean:
Antarctic Treaty defers claims (see Antarctic Treaty
Summary in the Antarctic