Czech Republic
Liechtenstein's royal family claims restitution for
1,600 sq km of land in the Czech Republic confiscated in 1918;
individual Sudeten Germans seek restitution for property confiscated
in connection with their expulsion after World War II; Austria has
minor dispute with Czech Republic over the Temelin Nuclear Power
Plant
Denmark
Rockall continental shelf dispute involving Denmark,
Iceland, and the UK (Ireland and the UK have signed a boundary
agreement in the Rockall area) remains dormant; 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; Faroese continue
to study proposals for full independence; uncontested dispute with
Canada over Hans Island sovereignty in the Kennedy Channel between
Ellesmere Island and Greenland
Djibouti
Djibouti maintains economic ties and border accords with
"Somaliland" leadership while maintaining some political ties to
various factions in Somalia including the Somali Transitional
National Government in Mogadishu
Dominica
joins other Caribbean states to counter Venezuela's claim
that Aves Island sustains human habitation, a criterion under
UNCLOS, which permits Venezuela to extend its EEZ/continental shelf
over a large portion of the Caribbean Sea
Dominican Republic
despite efforts to control illegal migration,
destitute Haitians fleeing poverty and violence continue to cross
into the Dominican Republic; illegal migration of Dominicans and
other nationals across the Mona Passage to Puerto Rico has increased
in the last year
East Timor
East Timor-Indonesia Boundary Committee continues to
meet, survey, and delimit the land boundary, but several sections of
the boundary especially around the Oekussi enclave remain
unresolved; Indonesia and East Timor contest the sovereignty of the
uninhabited coral island of Palau Batek/Fatu Sinai, which may delay
decision on the northern maritime boundaries; numbers of East Timor
refugees in Indonesia refuse repatriation; East Timor and Australia
continue to disagree over the delimitation of a permanent maritime
boundary and over the sharing of petroleum resources that fall
outside the Joint Petroleum Development Area covered by the 2002
Timor Sea Treaty
Ecuador
the continuing civil disorder in Colombia has created a
serious refugee crisis in neighboring states, especially Ecuador
Egypt
Egypt and Sudan retain claims to administer the triangular
areas that extend north and south of the 1899 Treaty boundary along
the 22nd Parallel, but have withdrawn their military presence; Egypt
is economically developing and effectively administers the "Hala'ib
Triangle" north of the Treaty line
El Salvador
in 1992, the ICJ ruled on the delimitation of "bolsones"
(disputed areas) along the El Salvador-Honduras boundary, and the
OAS is assisting with a technical resolution of undemarcated
bolsones; in 2003, the ICJ rejected El Salvador's request to revise
its decision on one part of the bolsones; the 1992 ICJ ruling
advised a tripartite resolution to a maritime boundary in the Gulf
of Fonseca with consideration of Honduran access to the Pacific; El
Salvador continues to claim tiny Conejo Island, not mentioned by the
ICJ, off Honduras in the Gulf de Fonseca
Equatorial Guinea
in 2002, ICJ ruled on an equidistance settlement
of Cameroon-Equatorial Guinea-Nigeria maritime boundary in the Gulf
of Guinea, but a dispute between Equatorial Guinea and Cameroon over
an island at the mouth of the Ntem River, imprecisely defined
coordinates in the ICJ decision, and the unresolved Bakasi
allocation contribute to the delay in implementation; creation of a
maritime boundary in hydrocarbon-rich Corisco Bay with Gabon is
hampered by dispute over Mbane Island, administered and occupied by
Gabon since the 1970s