@2070 Disputes - international
Afghanistan
thousands of Afghan refugees still reside in Iran and
Pakistan; isolating terrain and close ties among Pashtuns in
Pakistan make cross-border activities difficult to control;
prolonged regional drought strains water-sharing arrangements for
Amu Darya and Helmand River states
Albania
the Albanian Government calls for the protection of the
rights of ethnic Albanians outside its borders in the Kosovo region
of Serbia and Montenegro, and in the northern Former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia, while continuing to seek regional
cooperation; some outside ethnic Albanian groups voice union with
Albania
Algeria
Libya claims about 32,000 sq km in a dormant dispute still
reflected on its maps in southeastern Algeria; armed bandits based
in Mali attack southern Algerian towns; border with Morocco remains
closed over mutual claims of harboring militants, arms smuggling;
Algeria supports the exiled Sahrawi Polisario Front and rejects
Moroccan administration of Western Sahara
American Samoa
none
Andorra
none; border is undemarcated in sections but is not in
dispute (a few French farmers still remain upset about the transfer
of 35 hectares of land to Andorra)
Angola
gives shelter to thousands of refugees from the Democratic
Republic of the Congo while thousands of Angolan refugees still
remain in neighboring states as a consequence of the protracted
civil wars in both states
Anguilla
none
Antarctica
Antarctic Treaty freezes claims (see Antarctic Treaty
Summary in Government type entry); sections (some overlapping)
claimed by Argentina, Australia, Chile, France, NZ, Norway, and UK;
the US and most other states do not recognize the territorial claims
of other states and have made no claims themselves (the US and
Russia reserve the right to do so); no claims have been made in the
sector between 90 degrees west and 150 degrees west; several states
with land claims in Antarctica have expressed their intention to
submit data to the UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental
Shelf to extend their continental shelf claims to adjoining undersea
ridges
Antigua and Barbuda
none