nistrative Line; as a result of the 12 December
2000 peace agreement ending a two year war with Eritrea, the UN will
administer a 25-km wide temporary security zone within Eritrea until
a joint boundary commission delimits and demarcates a final
boundary; dispute over alignment of boundary with Eritrea led to
armed conflict in 1998; a peace accord signed in December 2000
provides for UN-assisted arbitration and demarcation of the border

Europa Island:
claimed by Madagascar

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas):
claimed by Argentina

Faroe Islands:
Faroese are considering proposals for full
independence

Fiji:
none

Finland:
none

France:
Madagascar claims Bassas da India, Europa Island, Glorioso
Islands, Juan de Nova Island, and Tromelin Island; Comoros claims
Mayotte; Mauritius claims Tromelin Island; territorial dispute
between Suriname and French Guiana; territorial claim in Antarctica
(Adelie Land); Matthew and Hunter Islands east of New Caledonia
claimed by France and Vanuatu

French Guiana:
Suriname claims area between Riviere Litani and
Riviere Marouini (both headwaters of the Lawa)

French Polynesia:
none

French Southern and Antarctic Lands:
"Adelie Land" claim in
Antarctica is not recognized by the US

Gabon:
maritime boundary dispute with Equatorial Guinea because of
disputed sovereignty over islands in Corisco Bay

Gambia, The:
none

Gaza Strip:
West Bank and Gaza Strip are Israeli-occupied with
current status subject to the Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement
- permanent status to be determined through further negotiation

Georgia:
none

Germany:
none

Ghana:
none

Gibraltar:
source of friction between Spain and the UK

Glorioso Islands:
claimed by Madagascar

Greece:
complex maritime, air, and territorial disputes with Turkey
in Aegean Sea; Cyprus question with Turkey; dispute with The Former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia over its name

Greenland:
none

Grenada:
none

Guadeloupe:
none

Guam:
none

Guatemala:
Guatemala periodically asserts claims to territory in
southern Belize; to deter cross-border squatting, both states in
2000 agreed to a "line of adjacency" based on the de facto boundary,
which is not recognized by Guatemala

Guernsey:
none

Guinea:
border incursions by Revolutionary United Front combatants
from Sierra Leone; civil war in that cou