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INDEX TO THE INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY MONITOR November 1995 -December 1998 A monthly digest of international boundary and sovereignty developments Copyright - Daniel J. Dzurek Entries in this index have been organized by the name of the country/claimant that comes first in the alphabet. The numbers preceeding each article title refer to the year and month of the International Boundary Monitor issue. Entries range from Afghanistan, through China, Ecuador-Peru, Japan-Russia, and Saudi Arabia-Yemen, to Zambia-Zimbabwe. Multilateral disputes, such as those contesting the Spratly Islands or Caspian Sea, are listed under those geographic names. In addition to being entered under the appropriate countries, the analytic Focus pieces are grouped together. Unless identified by "Focus" or "Primer" the entries in this index refer to one or two paragraph News Briefs, which often include interpretative comments. Back issues are available. AFGHANISTAN 96-12, Afghan Faction Agrees to Dream Pipe 97-11, Taliban Irked over Pipeline Agreement AFGHANISTAN-COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES 98-08, Iran and CIS Fear Taliban AFGHANISTAN-IRAN 98-08, Iran and CIS Fear Taliban 98-10, Afghanistan and Iran Differ on Border Clash AFRICA 97-01, Nairobi Summit Reconfirms Colonial Boundaries ALBANIA-GREECE 97-10, Albania and Greece Discuss Maritime Frontier 97-12, Albania and Greece Discuss Repairing Boundary Markers 98-03, Albania and Greece Sign Marine Enforcement Protocol ALBANIA-YUGOSLAVIA 98-04, Tensions Rise on Albania-Yugoslavia Frontier 98-08, Incidents at Albania-Yugoslav Border ALGERIA-LIBYA 96-01, Algerian Oil Discovery Might Lead to Conflict with Libya ALGERIA-MOROCCO, See WESTERN SAHARA ANGOLA 96-01, Angolan Government Talking with Cabinda Separatists 97-05, Angola Considers Talking with Cabinda Separatists ARGENTINA-CHILE 96-01, Tensions Crest along the Andes 96-05, Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, and Peru Addressing Boundaries 96-12, Argentina and Chile Sign Boundary Protocol 97-02, Chilean Senate to Vote on Glaciers Agreement in March 97-05, Argentina and Chile Chill a Cold Deal 97-08, Argentina Pushes Ratification of Continental Glaciers Accords 97-10, Argentina and Chile Agree to Set-up Conciliation Commission 97-12, Argentina and Chile Prepare Trans-boundary Mining Accord 98-01, Argentina and Chile Establish Committees to Modify Continental Glaciers Treaty 98-07, Argentine Congress Proposed New Glaciers Agreement with Chile ARGENTINA-UNITED KINGDOM 96-03, Falkland Fisheries Fracas Frustrates UK Visit 96-04, Argentina and UK to Resume Falkland Talks 96-06, Argentina Responds to Falklanders' UN Gambit 96-10, Argentina Presses Britain on Falkland and South Georgia Islands 96-11, Argentina Maintains Its Malvinas' Claim and Gets Its Oil, Too 96-12, Falkland Islands Second Tender Proposed for 1997 97-01, UK Rejects Argentine Proposal for Falklands Condominium 97-04, Argentina Reiterates Falklands Claim 98-05, Argentina Rejects British Exploration in the Falklands 98-06, Amerada Abandons Well 98-06, Argentina Renews Claim to Falklands/Malvinas 98-11, Menem Visits UK without Raising Falkland Islands Issue ARMENIA 97-06, Armenia Misinterprets LOS Convention ARMENIA-AZERBAIJAN 95-12, Buying Peace for the Nagorno-Karabakh Enclave 96-06, Azerbaijan Proposes Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomy 97-05, Armenia-Azerbaijan Talks Improve? 97-06, Armenia Rejects Azeri Claim to Zod Mine 97-07, Focus: Nagorno-Karabakh - Neither War Nor Peace 97-08, Aliyev Outlines Nagorno-Karabakh Settlement 98-01, Nagorno-Karabakh President Renews Hard Line 98-02, Tensions Intensify between Armenia and Azerbaijan 98-03, Armenian President Takes Hard Line on Nagorno- Karabakh 98-06, Little Progress on Nagorno-Karabakh 98-08, Italy Proposes Andorran Model for Nagorno- Karabakh Dispute ASIA, EAST 96-02, Focus: Island Disputes Brewing in East Asia 98-08, Focus: American Defense Commitments and Asian Island Disputes AUSTRALIA-INDONESIA 96-10, Australia and Indonesia Agree on Maritime Boundary 97-03, Australia and Indonesia Sign Maritime Boundary Treaty AUSTRALIA-NEW ZEALAND 98-07, Australia and New Zealand Survey Overlapping Shelf Claims AZERBAIJAN-GEORGIA 97-02, Azerbaijan and Georgia Delimit Alazani River Boundary AZERBAIJAN-RUSSIA 96-06, Azerbaijan and Russia Begin Demarcating Border 96-11, First Section of Azerbaijan-Russia Border Delimited 97-07, Azeri-Russian Demarcation Meeting Fruitless 98-06, Azerbaijan and Russia Delimit 40 More Kilometers AZERBAIJAN-TURKEMNISTAN, See CASPIAN SEA BAHRAIN-QATAR 96-02, Bahrain Seeks World Court Delay in Dispute with Qatar 96-06, Bahrain Keeps Heat on Qatar at World Court 96-08, Bahrain Takes Hard Line on Hawar Islands Dispute 96-12, Bahrain and Qatar Snipe over Sovereignty Dispute 97-01, Bahrain and Qatar Try Mediation 97-02, Bahrain-Qatar Dispute Derails GCC Mediation 97-03, Bahrain and Qatar Establish Diplomatic Relations 97-04, Bahrain Drops Opposition to Going to World Court 98-10, Qatar Withdraws ICJ Evidence in Hawar Islands Case BANGLADESH 97-12, Bangladesh Resolves Rebellion BANGLADESH-BURMA 98-11, Bangladesh and Burma Complete Marking Boudnary BANGLADESH-INDIA 97-11, Bangladesh-India Border Meeting 98-05, Bangladesh and India Sign Border MOU 98-06, Bangladesh and India May Exchange Territory 98-09, Bangladesh Soldier Killed in Border Clash with India BELARUS-LATVIA 97-06, Latvia Raises Demarcation with Belarus 97-10, Riga and Minsk Agree to Begin Marking Their Border 98-05, Belarus and Latvia to Begin Demarcation BELARUS-LATVIA-LITHUANIA 98-01, Belarus, Latvia, and Lithuania Initial Tripoint Accord 98-03, Belarus, Latvia, and Lithuania to Erect Tripoint Monument 98-04, Belarus, Latvia, and Lithuania Sign Tripoint Agreement BELARUS-LITHUANIA 96-08, Belarus and Lithuania Agree on Boundary Commission 96-12, Lithuania Presses Belarus to Proceed with Demarcation 97-03, Lithuania Pushes Belarus on Demarcation 97-05, Belarusian Armor Stumbles into Lithuania; Demarcation Commission Meets 97-06, Minsk and Vilnius Finally Begin Monumentation BELARUS-RUSSIA 97-01, Opposition to Yeltsin's Proposal for Belarus- Russia Union 97-03, Russian and Belarusian Presidents to Discuss Union 97-04, Belarus-Russia Agreement Stops Short of Full Union 97-06, Belarus and Russia Ratify Union Accord BELARUS-UKRAINE 97-01, Belarus and Ukraine Close to Signing Boundary Agreement 97-02, Belarus and Ukraine Sign Framework Border Agreement 97-04, Last Belarus-Ukraine Boundary Issue Settled 97-05, Belarus and Ukraine Sign Boundary Treaty 97-07, Further on Belarus-Ukraine Boundary 97-10, Kiev and Minsk Agree on Demarcation BELGIUM 98-11, Flemish Leader Predicts End of Belgium BELIZE-GUATEMALA 97-05, Incident along Belize-Guatemala Frontier 97-09, Flare-ups along Belize-Guatemala Frontier 97-10, Correction on Belize-Guatemala Delimitation 97-11, Guatemala Takes Hard Line on Belize's Boundary Proposal BELIZE-HONDURAS 97-03, Belize Grabs Honduran Fishermen near Dispute Islands BENIN-NIGERIA 96-08, Benin and Nigeria Agree to Redemarcate Boundary 96-12, Nigeria Redemarcating Boundaries 98-10, Nigeria Changes Island Status to Preclude Benin Claim BHUTAN-CHINA 98-12, Bhutan and China Sign Border Security Accord BOLIVIA 98-12, Bolivia Reviews Its Boundaries BOLIVIA-CHILE 96-06, Bolivia and Chile Wrangle over Water 96-08, Chile Gently Rebuffs Bolivian Corridor Proposal 97-08, New Bolivian Foreign Minister Taunts Chile BOSNIA-CROATIA 98-03, SFOR Unwilling to Settle Bosnian-Croatian Alignment Dispute 98-12, Bosnia and Croatia Adopt Work Plan BOTSWANA-NAMIBIA 96-05, Botswana-Namibia Land Dispute Flares 96-06, Botswana and Namibia Go to World Court 97-03, Namibia Submits Brief to World Court in Kasikili Island Case 97-07, Namibia Gives Static to Botswana over Border Fence 97-10, Botswana Agrees to Dismantle Border Fence 97-11, Botswana Says It Has No Designs on Namibian Land 98-01, Botswana and Namibia Dispute Two More Islands 98-02, Botswana-Namibia Boundary River Island Disputes Continue 98-03, ICJ Sets November for Botswana and Namibia to File Replies; Sides Disagree about Troops on Border 98-04, Taking the Botswana-Namibia Disputes to The Highest Authority 98-05, Botswana and Namibia Initial River Delimitation Accord 98-06, Botswana Removes Border Fence 98-11, Caprivi Secessionists Seek Refuge in Botswana BOUNDARY, GENERAL 96-08, Focus: Sovereignty Primer 97-01, Focus: Boundary-related Predictions For 1997 98-01, Focus: Boundary and Sovereignty Developments Likely in 1998 BRAZIL-COLOMBIA 96-10, Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela Enhance Frontier Forces 97-09, Brazil to Re-demarcate Part of Colombian Boundary 97-11, Landless Colombians Jump the Gun BRUNEI-CHINA-MALAYSIA-PHILIPPINES-VIETNAM, See SPRATLY ISLANDS BULGARIA 98-06, Bulgaria Reacts to Holbrooke's Irredentist Assertion BULGARIA-TURKEY 98-11, Turkey to Review Alignment of Borders with Bulgaria and Greece BURKINA-IVORY COAST 97-04, Burkina and Ivory Coast Demarcation Commission to Meet BURKINA-NIGER 98-06, Burkina and Niger Plan to Resume Demarcation BURMA-CHINA 97-05, China to Access Indian Ocean through Burmese River BURMA-LAOS 97-03, Burma and Laos Consider Draft Demarcation Accord BURMA-THAILAND 95-11, Burma-Thailand Clash Near Block M-18 96-01, Burmese Warship Fires on Thai Trawler in Andaman Sea 96-02, Friction Increases Along Burma-Thailand Frontier 96-03, Thai Border Problems with Burma and Malaysia 96-07, Failed Border Meeting Increases Thai-Burmese Tensions 97-02, Tensions Rise along Burma-Thailand Border 97-03, Burma and Thailand Agree on Finishing Bridge and Delimitation Maps 97-04, Burma Proposes Markers for Moei River Boundary with Thailand 97-04, Burmese-Thai Gas Pipeline Gets Environment Board OK 97-05, Burma and Thailand to Discuss Moei River Boundary 97-06, Burma and Thailand Fail to Resolve River Island Dispute 97-07, Burma-Thai Committee Agrees on Procedure 97-09, Burma and Thailand to Begin Surveying in November 97-10, Burma Builds in Disputed Territory 98-02, Burma and Thailand Agree to Withdraw Troops from Disputed River Islands 98-03, Tensions Increase Along Burmese-Thai Frontier 98-07, Burma Postpones Meeting with Thailand 98-09, Burma Accused of Building on Thai Soil BURUNDI 98-11, Burundi Creates New Province CAMBODIA 97-11, Cambodia Creates New City CAMBODIA-THAILAND 95-11, Thailand Threatens to Drag-out Maritime Talks with Cambodia 95-12, Focus: US Neutral on Cambodia-Thailand Offshore Dispute 96-03, Cambodian Land Border Accusations 96-04, Cambodian Foreign Minister to Discuss Martime Dispute with Thailand 96-07, Cambodia and Thailand Agree to Joint Development in Gulf 96-07, Focus: Gulf of Thailand 97-03, Statoil-Unocal Find Actuates Cambodia-Thailand Overlapping Claims 97-04, Cambodia and Thailand Discuss Offshore Overlap 97-06, Cambodia and Thailand to Discuss Boundary 97-07, PM Chawalit Raises Boundary Issues in Phnom Penh 97-09, Cambodian Civil War Spills Into Thailand 98-07, Cambodia and Thailand Agree to Demarcate Boundary, Jointly Patrol Offshore CAMBODIA-THAILAND-VIETNAM 98-05, Hun Sen Objects to Thai-Vietnamese Maritime Boundary CAMBODIA-VIETNAM 96-02, Cambodia and Vietnam Cool Border Squabble 96-03, Cambodian Land Border Accusations 96-04, Cambodia and Vietnam Agree to Border Dispute Procedure 96-07, Focus: Gulf of Thailand 96-08, Cambodia Ready to Discuss Border Dispute with Vietnam 96-09, Ranariddh Targets July for Agreement with Vietnam 98-05, Hun Sen Objects to Thai-Vietnamese Maritime Boundary 98-06, Cambodia Raises Maritime Dispute with Vietnam, Again 98-07, Cambodia and Vietnam Agree on Mechanism for Delimitation 98-12, Cambodia Plans to Raise Offshore Dispute with Vietnam CAMEROON 95-11, Cameroon Separatists Petition for Quebec-Style Referendum CAMEROON-EQUATORIAL GUINEA 98-05, Presidents of Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea to Discuss Gulf Boundaries CAMEROON-EQUATORIAL GUINEA-NIGERIA 96-12, Focus: Offshore Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria CAMEROON-NIGERIA 96-01, Nigeria Lodges Objection in Bakassi World Court Case 96-02, Cameroon and Nigeria Clash in Bakassi Peninsula 96-03, ICJ Orders Cameroon and Nigeria to End Fighting 96-05, Cameroon and Nigeria to Talk about Bakassi Fighting 96-06, Cameroon and Nigeria Agree to UN Fact-finding Mission 96-07, Cameroon Cancels Meeting with Nigeria 97-05, UN Renews Togo Mediation of Bakassi Dispute 97-08, Nigeria Preparing to Lose in ICJ? 98-03, ICJ Hears Arguments on Nigeria's Objections to Bakassi Peninsula Case 98-04, Clashes in Bakassi Peninsula 98-05, Nigeria Claims Cameroon Troop Buildup in Disputed Peninsula 98-07, ICJ Schedules Cameroon-Nigeria Case for March 98-10, Nigeria Says Cameroon's New Contract Violates ICJ Order 98-11, Nigeria Appeals ICJ Ruling CANADA 98-09, Quebec Secession Requires Federal Consent CANADA-UNITED STATES 96-04, Focus: Canada-US Dispute In the Beaufort Sea CASPIAN SEA 95-11, Caspian Sea Oil 95-12, Looking for an Outlet for All That Caspian Sea Oil 96-04, Russian Academic Proposes Novel Caspian Sea Arrangement 96-05, Focus: Caspian Sea Dispute 96-05, Russia Renews Opposition to Turkish Straits Restrictions 96-06, Environmentalists Support Restricted Turkish Straits Shipping 96-06, Iran Wades into the Caspian 96-07, Tacking in the Caspian Sea 96-09, Kazakhstan Amends Border Law 96-11, Caspian Countries Agree to Negotiate on Sea Status 96-12, Details on Caspian Sea Meeting 97-01, Caspian Deal Triggers Diverse Allegations of Foreign Machinations 97-02, Azerbaijan Tries to Turn Kurkmen Lemon into Lemonade 97-03, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan Agree to Carve up Caspian--Temporarily 97-06, Armenia Misinterprets LOS Convention 97-06, Caspian Sea Working Group Finally Meets 97-07, Turkmenistan Disputes Azeri Ownership of Kyapaz Field 97-08, Russian Companies Withdraw from Kapaz Field 97-09, Tit for Tat by Ashgabat 97-11, Moscow Seems to Soften Caspian Position, While Tehran Hardens Its Stance 98-01, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan to Meet and Set Caspian Median Line 98-02, Caspian States Meet Bilaterally, Agree to Divide Seabed 98-03, Iran Editorializes Against Azerbaijani Moves in the Caspian Sea 98-04, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan Meet on Disputed Fields 98-04, Russia Formalizes Agreement to Divide the Caspian 98-05, Iran Objects to Kazakh-Russian Agreement to Divide the Caspian 98-07, Iran and Turkmenistan Object to the Kazakh- Russian Caspian Accord 98-08, Azerbaijan and Russia Discuss Dividing Caspian 98-12, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan Make No Progress on Caspian Boundary CHAD-NIGER-NIGERIA 98-09, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria Agree on Multinational Border Patrol CHAD-NIGERIA 98-05, Chadian and Nigerian Forces Clash in Lake Chad CHILE 97-09, Chile Ratifies UN Convention CHILE-PERU 96-01, Tensions Crest along the Andes 96-02, Peru Walls-off Exclave in Chile 96-05, Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, and Peru Addressing Boundaries 96-11, Chile and Peru to Negotiate Arica Port Access 97-03, Chile and Peru Establish Joint Boundary Commission CHINA 95-11, Focus: China's Traditional Sea Boundary Line 96-06, China and Japan Claim EEZs 96-06, China May Be Catching the Soviet Sickness 96-06, Focus: PRC Claims Straight Baselines 96-08, ASEAN Queries Chinese Baselines 96-12, China to Establish 200,000-man Coast Guard 96-12, Chinese President Travels to Tend Borders 97-01, China Considers Legislation on EEZ, Boundary with Kyrgyzstan 97-06, China to Delimit Provincial Boundaries 97-07, China Suppresses Xinjiang Unrest 97-11, Chinese Provincial Boundary Delimited 98-01, China Rejects Tibetan Independence Referendum 98-07, China Adopts Exclusive Economic Zone Law 98-08, Possible Movement on Tibet 98-11, China Rebuffs Dalai Lama on Tibet CHINA-MALAYSIA-PHILIPPINES-VIETNAM, See SPRATLY ISLANDS CHINA, HONG KONG 97-02, Hong Kong Fixes Boundary: Better Late Than Never? 97-07, New Hong Kong-Guangdong Boundary in Force CHINA-COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES 96-02, China-CIS Boundary Talks Progress 96-03, China-CIS Reach Agreements On Frontier Troops 96-04, China-CIS To Sign Peaceful Borders Agreement 26 April 96-12, Central Asian Border Talks 97-05, China and CIS Sign Frontier Military Accord 97-09, China Moves to Ratify CIS Accord CHINA-INDIA 96-11, China and India Clarify Cease-fire Line 96-12, Chinese President Travels to Tend Borders 97-06, China and India Implementing Confidence-Building Measures 97-08, China and India Ratify Confidence-Building Measures 98-04, Indian Defense Minister Alleges Chinese Incursion 98-05, Focus: India's Boundary Disputes with China, Nepal, and Pakistan 98-05, Indian Defense Minister Cites Chinese Threat 98-06, No Progress at China-India Boundary Meeting 98-10, India Arrests Two Chinese in Threat to the Dalai Lama 98-10, Chinese Military Claim Indian Border Provocations Likely 98-11, China Denies Increasing Troops on Indian Frontier 98-12, China and India Unlikely to Meet CHINA-JAPAN 96-03, Japan's EEZ Claim Triggers Talks With Seoul and Beijing 96-05, Japan Asks France and PRC to Remove Sonar Ships 96-07, Japan Asks China to Negotiate Maritime Boundary 96-09, Despite Island Disputes, Sea Boundary Talks Proceed 96-12, Chinese President Travels to Tend Borders 97-01, Japan and Philippines Claim US Protection in Island Disputes 97-03, Stalemate Reported in Japan's EEZ Talks with China and Korea 97-04, Japanese FM Brings Tribute to the Dragon Throne 97-05, Japan Protests PRC Survey Vessel 97-08, China and Japan Progress on Fisheries, Defer EEZ Negotiations 97-09, China and Japan Reach Interim Fisheries Accord 97-09, Japanese Navy Prevents Legislator from Landing on Dispute Islands 97-11, China and Japan Sign Interim Fishing Accord 98-05, China Surveys near Disputed Islands 98-05, Japan Ratifies Chinese Fisheries Accord 98-06, East China Sea Disputes May Heat-up 98-07, Focus: The Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands Dispute 98-09, China-Japan EEZ Talks Make No Headway CHINA-JAPAN-KOREA, SOUTH 97-09, ROK Calls for EEZ Talks with China and Japan CHINA-JAPAN-TAIWAN 96-01, Japan Raises Senkaku Islands Dispute with China 96-08, China-Japan-Taiwan Renew Senkaku Islands Dispute 96-09, Another Round of Senkaku/Diaoyu Island Dispute 96-10, Focus: Senkaku/Tiaoyu Islands Dispute 96-11, China and Japan Resume Talks on Senkaku Islands Dispute 97-05, China-Japan-Taiwan Flare-up over Senkaku Islands 97-06, Japanese Ultra-nationalists Land on Senkaku Islands, Again 97-11, China and Japan Sign Interim Fishing Accord CHINA-KAZAKHSTAN 96-07, China Works on Central Asian Boundaries 96-08, China-Kazakhstan Demarcation Commission Meets 97-03, Chinese-Kazakh Summit Addresses Border Tensions, Pipeline 97-07, Chinese and Kazakh Defense Ministers Discuss Demarcation 97-07, Japan to Fund Kazakhstan-China Pipeline Study 97-08, Kazakhstan Begin Demarcation Preparations along Chinese Border 97-09, China and Kazakhstan Set First Boundary Posts 97-10, China and Kazakhstan Sign Boundary and Pipeline Accords 98-06, Kazakhstan Calls for Mutual Concessions on Boundary with China 98-07, China and Kazakhstan Finish Boundary Alignment CHINA-KOREA, NORTH 96-11, China Notes Border Dispute with North Korea 97-11, Chinese and North Korean Troops Exchange Fire at Border CHINA-KOREA, SOUTH 97-07, China and South Korea to Discuss Yellow Sea Boundary 98-04, ROK and PRC to Meet on Fisheries Pact 98-05, China and South Korea Pledge to Negotiate a Fishing Agreement 98-06, South Korea Seizes Chinese Fishing Boats in Yellow Sea 98-11, China and South Korea Accept a Joint Fishing Zone CHINA-KYRGYZSTAN 96-07, China Works on Central Asian Boundaries 97-02, China Considers Legislation on EEZ, Boundary with Kyrgyzstan 98-05, China and Kyrgyzstan Progress on Boundary Delimitation 98-07, China and Kyrgyzstan Pledge to Resolve Border Problems CHINA-MONGOLIA 98-12, Mongolia's President Affirms No Border Dispute with China CHINA-MONGOLIA-RUSSIA 96-07, China Works on Central Asian Boundaries CHINA-PAKISTAN 97-08, China Fences Border with Pakistan CHINA-PHILIPPINES 97-05, Focus: Another Squall Hits the South China Sea 97-06, Scarborough Reef Squabble Continues 98-08, Philippine and US Forces Exercise near Scarborough Reef CHINA-RUSSIA 95-11, China-Russia Boundary Agreement (Western Sector) Enters into Force 96-04, Yeltsin Backs China-Russia Boundary Demarcation 96-05, Glitch in PRC-Russia Boundary Demarcation 96-12, Sino-Russian Summit May Finalize Demarcation 97-01, Russia Pledges to Finish Eastern Demarcation with China 97-02, China Presses Russia to Observe Boundary Agreement; Duma Facilitates Territorial Swaps 97-03, President Jiang to Visit Moscow in April 97-04, China and Russia Hope to Settle Eastern Boundary before Summit 97-05, Yeltsin Pledges to Finish Demarcation; Amur River Boundary Described 97-06, China and Russia Outline Island Agreement 97-07, Russia Offers Half a Loaf to China 97-08, Yeltsin to Visit Beijing in October and Comment on Border Demarcation 97-11, Focus: China and Russia Formalize Eastern Boundary 97-12, China-Russia Border Developments 98-08, China Withdraws from Russian River Island 98-09, Field Work Completed on Western Sino-Russian Boundary 98-12, Jiang and Yeltsin Issue Boundary Statement; Khabarovsk Officials Raise Islands' Dispute CHINA-RUSSIA-NORTH KOREA 98-11, China, Russia, and North Korea Agree to Delimit Tripoint CHINA-TAIWAN 97-11, Taiwan Riles PRC 98-06, Beijing Recognizes Taiwanese Rulings 98-06, Taipei Conducts Cartographic Rapprochement 98-07, First Mainland Minister Visits Taipei CHINA-TAJIKISTAN 96-10, China and Tajikistan Pledge to Resolve Boundary CHINA-VIETNAM 95-12, China Sends Mixed Signals During Vietnam Party Secretary's Visit 96-02, Vietnam Reports Progress on Resolving Gulf of Tonkin Dispute 96-03, Gulf of Tonkin Talks to Resume 96-04, Conoco Contracts with Vietnam over PRC's Crestone Block 96-09, South China Sea Roundup 96-10, Progress in China-Vietnam Land and Gulf of Tonkin Border Talks 97-03, Vietnam Protests Chinese Rig in Gulf of Tonkin 97-04, China and Vietnam Discuss Oil Rig 97-08, Li Peng and Do Muoi Agree to Accelerate Boundary Talks 97-09, China and Vietnam Hold Fifth Round of Boundary Talks 97-12, Vietnam Protests Chinese Offshore Contract 98-02, Trouble Flares along Sino-Vietnamese Border 98-04, China to Develop Disputed Paracel Islands 98-08, Tension along Sino-Vietnamese Frontier 98-10, China and Vietnam Agree to Accelerate Boundary Negotiations COLOMBIA-NICARAGUA 96-08, Nicaragua Says Colombia Claims 130,000 Sq km of Its Shelf 97-02, Nicaragua Having Second Thoughts of Taking Colombia to the World Court 97-05, Nicaragua Renews San Andres Island Claim 97-07, Samper Adds 5,000 Border Troops, Reinforces Claim against Nicaragua 98-09, Nicaragua Renews Its Claim to Disputed Caribbean Islands COLOMBIA-PERU 97-11, Colombia Apologizes for Incursion into Peru COLOMBIA-VENEZUELA 95-11, Colombia and Venezuela Agree to Demarcate Boundary 95-12, Colombia-Venezuela Border Remains Tense 96-01, Incidents Continue near the Colombia-Venezuela Border 96-04, Colombia-Venezuela Border Commissions to Meet 16 April 96-05, Colombia and Venezuela to Discuss Border in June 96-08, Venezuela Responds to Ship Attacks 96-10, Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela Enhance Frontier Forces 97-02, Tensions Increase on Venezuela Frontier; Maritime Negotiations Put on Back Burner 97-03, Colombia and Venezuela Sign Border MOU 97-04, Colombia-Venezuela Frontier Simmers 97-09, Venezuela Demands Compensation for Colombian Pipeline Pollution 97-11, Venezuela Tries to Settle Buffer Zone along Colombia Border 97-12, Venezuela Apologizes for Colombian Incursion 98-01, Colombia Presses Venezuela to Mark Perija Mountain Boundary 98-03, Colombia and Venezuela to Meet about Demarcating Land Boundary in March 98-04, Colombia and Venezuela Agree Where to Demarcate 98-12, Venezuelan President-elect Broaches Maritime Dispute with Colombia COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES 96-03, Russian Border Chief Says Don't Demarcate CIS Boundaries COMOROS 97-08, State of Anjouan Tries to Secede from Comoros 97-09, Comoros Government Fails to Put Down Rebellion 97-11, Anjouans Vote to Secede from Comoros 98-08, No Headway with Comoran Secessionists 98-12, Power Struggle on Secessionist Comoran Island CONGO (KINSHASA)-ZAMBIA 98-01, Congo (Kinshasa) and Zambia Agree to Delimit Their Border COSTA RICA-NICARAGUA 98-01, Mexico to Aid Nicaragua in Settling Costa Rican and Honduran Maritime Boundaries 98-07, Nicaragua Accuses Costa Rica of Expansionist Tendencies 98-08, Costa Rica-Nicaragua Boundary River Agreement Collapses CROATIA 98-03, Focus: Croatia's Maritime Boundary Disputes CROATIA-SLOVENIA 96-07, Croatia-Slovenia Maritime Dispute 97-05, Foreign Minister Granic Defers Adjudication of Maritime Dispute with Slovenia 97-11, Croatia and Slovenia Meet, Agree to Negotiate Maritime Boundary 98-02, Croatia and Slovenia Advance Boundary Alignment 98-09, Croatia and Slovenia Discuss Boundary 98-11, Croatian and Slovene Prime Ministers Talk 98-12, Croatia and Slovenia Resolve Most of Land Boundary CROATIA-YUGOSLAVIA 96-09, Croatia and Montenegro Disagree about Agreeing to Disagree 97-01, Croat-Yugoslav Experts Me