VOL. XXXVII

NO. 24

14-MARCH-1994

Qatar/Bahrain

Qatar AndBahrain Submit Contentions To ICJ On Border Dispute

The InternationalCourt of Justice at the Hague began on 1 March its hearings of the contentionsof the representatives of the states of Qatar and Bahrain with a view toreaching a decision on the jurisdiction of the court with regard to thesettlement of the long-standing border dispute between the two countries on thequestion of sovereignty over a group of islands and reefs. These mainly...