VOL XXXI

NO. 20

22-FEBRUARY-1988

QATAR-BAHRAIN

Qatar and Bahrain Will Submit Territorial Dispute to the InternationalCourt of Justice

The Amir of Qatar, Shaikh Khalifah ibn Hamad Al Thani, stated on 17 Februarythat his government and the government of Bahrain have taken the necessarysteps to submit their territorial dispute regarding sovereignty over a numberof islands which lie between their two countries to the International Court ofJustice at the Hague. Both Qatar and Bahrain agreed to settle...