VOL. XXXVII

NO. 52

26-SEPTEMBER-1994

GCC/Iran

GCC And Iranian Views Clash Over Gulf Islands

Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Foreign Ministers issued a communique on 18September urging that the dispute between the UAE (a GCC member) and Iran on thequestion of sovereignty over the three southern Gulf islands of Greater andLesser Tumb and Abu Musa be referred to the International Court of Justice inthe Hague, Netherlands for settlement. "Because Iran has not expressed aserious wish to discuss the end...