VOL. XXXII

NO. 14

9-JANUARY-1989

GCC

GCC to Mediate in Bahrain-Qatar Territorial Dispute

The member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) agreed at a summitheld in Bahrain towards the end of December 1988 to arbitrate in thelong-standing dispute between Qatar and Bahrain over the sovereignty of anumber of islands lying in the territorial waters between the two countries.According to a GCC spokesman, both Bahrain and Qatar agreed to the GCC mediationwhich will extend for a period of six...