a entry); sections (some overlapping)
claimed by Argentina, Australia, Chile, France, New Zealand, Norway,
and UK; the US and most other nations do not recognize the maritime
claims of other nations and have made no claims themselves (the US
and Russia have reserved the right to do so); no formal claims have
been made in the sector between 90 degrees west and 150 degrees west

Spain:
Gibraltar issue with UK; Spain controls five places of
sovereignty (plazas de soberania) on and off the coast of Morocco -
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

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

Sri Lanka:
none

Sudan:
administrative boundary with Kenya does not coincide with
international boundary; 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

Suriname:
area disputed by French Guiana between Riviere Litani and
Riviere Marouini (both headwaters of the Lawa); area disputed by
Guyana between New (Upper Courantyne) and Courantyne/Koetari
[Kutari] rivers (all headwaters of the Courantyne)

Svalbard:
focus of a maritime boundary dispute between Norway and
Russia

Swaziland:
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

Sweden:
none

Switzerland:
none

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

Tajikistan:
portions of Tajikistan's northern and western border
with Uzbekistan and its eastern border with China have not b