VOL. XXXIX

No. 35

27-May-1996

YEMEN

Yemen And Eritrea Sign Arbitration Accord For Red Sea Islands Dispute

Yemen and Eritrea signed in Paris on 21 May an agreement for the settlement of their dispute over the sovereignty of three islands located in Bab al-Mandib at the mouth of the Red Sea through arbitration by a panel of five international judges. The dispute over the islands, the Greater and Lesser Hunaish and Zuqar, erupted last December when Eritrea seized the Greater Hunaish by...