Tromelin Island
claimed by Mauritius
Tunisia
none
Turkey
complex maritime, air, and territorial disputes with Greece
in the Aegean Sea; status of north Cyprus question remains; Syria
and Iraq protest Turkish hydrological projects to control upper
Euphrates waters; Turkey has expressed concern over the status of
Kurds in Iraq; border with Armenia remains closed over
Nagorno-Karabakh
Turkmenistan
cotton monoculture in Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan
creates water-sharing difficulties for Amu Darya river states;
bilateral talks continue with Azerbaijan on dividing the seabed and
contested oilfields in the middle of the Caspian; demarcation of
land boundary with Kazakhstan has started but Caspian seabed
delimitation remains stalled
Turks and Caicos Islands have received Haitians fleeing economic and civil disorder
Tuvalu
none
Uganda
Uganda is subject to armed fighting among hostile ethnic
groups, rebels, armed gangs, militias, and various government
forces; Ugandan refugees have fled the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA)
into the southern Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo;
LRA forces have attacked Kenyan villages across the border
Ukraine
1997 boundary treaty with Belarus remains un-ratified due to
unresolved financial claims, stalling demarcation and reducing
border security; delimitation of land boundary with Russia is
complete and parties have renewed discussions on demarcation; the
dispute over the maritime boundary between Russia and Ukraine
through the Kerch Strait and Sea of Azov remains unresolved despite
a December 2003 framework agreement and ongoing expert-level
discussions; Moldova and Ukraine have established joint customs
posts to monitor transit through Moldova's break-away Transnistria
Region, which remains under OSCE supervision; in 2004 Ukraine and
Romania took their dispute over Ukrainian-administered Zmiyinyy
(Snake) Island and Black Sea maritime boundary to the ICJ for
adjudication; Romania opposes Ukraine's reopening of a navigation
canal from the Danube border through Ukraine to the Black Sea
United Arab Emirates
the United Arab Emirate 2006 Yearbook published
a map and text rescinding the 1974 boundary with Saudi Arabia, as
stipulated in a treaty filed with the UN in 1993, on the grounds
that the agreement was not formally ratified; boundary agreement was
signed and ratified with Oman in 2003 for entire border, including
Oman's Musandam Peninsula and Al Madhah enclaves, but contents of
the agreement and maps showing the alignment have not been
published; Iran and UAE dispute Tunb Islands and Abu Musa Island,
which Iran occupies
United Kingdom
in 2002, Gibraltar residents voted overwhelmingly by
referendum to reject any "shared sovereignty" arrangement between
the UK and Spain; the Government of Gibraltar insists on equal
participation in talks between the two countries; Spain disapproves
of UK plans to grant Gibraltar greater autonomy; Mauritius and
Seychelles claim the Chagos Archipelago (British Indian Ocean
Territory), and its former inhabitants since their eviction in 1965;
most Chagossians reside in Mauritius, and in 2001 were granted UK
citizenship but no right to patriation in the UK; UK rejects
sovereignty talks requested by Argentina, which still claims the
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) and South Georgia and the South
Sandwich Islands; territorial claim in Antarctica (British Antarctic
Territory) overlaps Argentine claim and partially overlaps Chilean
claim; Iceland, the UK, and Ireland dispute Denmark's claim that the
Faroe Islands' continental shelf extends beyond 200 nm