VOL. XXXV

NO. 30

27-APRIL-1992

Qatar/Bahrain

Qatar Issues Decree Defining Territorial Waters; Bahrain Rejects It

An Amiri decree was issued in Doha on 16 April defining the width of theterritorial waters of the State of Qatar at 12 nautical miles and also definingan adjacent area of another 12 miles in which Qatar "shall exercise all therights and authorities provided in the provisions of international law."The decree revives a dispute over territorial waters which has cloudedrelations between...