s and a military build-up on
the island; the UAE has garnered significant diplomatic support in
the region in protesting these Iranian actions

United Kingdom:
Northern Ireland issue with Ireland (historic peace
agreement signed 10 April 1998); Gibraltar issue with Spain;
Argentina claims Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas); Argentina claims
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands; Mauritius and the
Seychelles claim Chagos Archipelago (UK-administered British Indian
Ocean Territory); Rockall continental shelf dispute involving
Denmark and Iceland; territorial claim in Antarctica (British
Antarctic Territory) overlaps Argentine claim and partially overlaps
Chilean claim; disputes with Iceland, Denmark, and Ireland over the
Faroe Islands continental shelf boundary outside 200 NM

United States:
maritime boundary disputes with Canada (Dixon
Entrance, Beaufort Sea, Strait of Juan de Fuca, Machias Seal
Island); US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay is leased from Cuba and
only mutual agreement or US abandonment of the area can terminate
the lease; Haiti claims Navassa Island; US 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; Marshall Islands
claims Wake Island

Uruguay:
none

Uzbekistan:
occasional target of Islamic insurgents based in
Tajikistan and Afghanistan

Vanuatu:
claims Matthew and Hunter Islands east of New Caledonia

Venezuela:
claims all of Guyana west of the Essequibo (river);
maritime boundary dispute with Colombia in the Gulf of Venezuela

Vietnam:
maritime boundary with Cambodia not defined; involved in a
complex dispute over the Spratly Islands with China, Malaysia,
Philippines, Taiwan, and possibly Brunei; maritime boundary
agreement with China in the Gulf of Tonkin awaits ratification;
Paracel Islands occupied by China but claimed by Vietnam and Taiwan;
portions of boundary with Cambodia are in dispute; agreement on land
border with China was signed in December 1999, but details of
alignment have not yet been made public

Virgin Islands:
none

Wake Island:
claimed by Marshall Islands

Wallis and Futuna:
none

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

Western Sahara: