of boundary, which remain unresolved until delimitation

Bahamas, The
concerned about migrants fleeing Haiti's deteriorated
economic and political conditions

Bahrain
none

Baker Island
none

Bangladesh
discussions with India remain stalled to delimit a small
section of river boundary, exchange 162 miniscule enclaves in both
countries, allocate divided villages, and stop illegal cross-border
trade, migration, and violence; Bangladesh protests India's attempts
to fence off high-traffic sections of the porous boundary; dispute
with India over New Moore/South Talpatty/Purbasha Island in the Bay
of Bengal deters maritime boundary delimitation; Burmese Muslim
refugees strain Bangladesh's meager resources

Barbados
Barbados intends to take its claim before UNCLOS
arbitration that the northern limit of Trinidad and Tobago's
maritime boundary with Venezuela extends into its waters; joins
other Caribbean states to counter Venezuela's claim that Aves Island
sustains human habitation, a criterion under UNCLOS, which permits
Venezuela to extend its EEZ/continental shelf over a large portion
of the Caribbean Sea

Bassas da India
claimed by Madagascar

Belarus
1997 boundary treaty with Ukraine remains unratified over
unresolved financial claims, preventing demarcation and diminishing
border security; boundaries with Latvia and Lithuania remain
undemarcated despite European Union financial support

Belgium
none

Belize
Guatemalan squatters continue to settle along the border
region; an OAS brokered Differendum in 2002 created a small
adjustment to the land boundary, a large Guatemalan maritime
corridor in Caribbean, a joint ecological park for disputed
Sapodilla Cays, and a substantial US-UK financial package, but
agreement was not brought to popular referendum leaving Guatemala to
continue to claim the southern half of Belize

Benin
two villages remain in dispute along the border with Burkina
Faso; accuses Burkina Faso of moving boundary pillars; much of
Benin-Niger boundary, including tripoint with Nigeria, remains
undemarcated, and ICJ ad hoc judges have been selected to rule on
disputed Niger and Mekrou River islands; several villages along the
Okpara River are in dispute with Nigeria; a joint boundary
commission continues to resurvey the boundary with Togo to verify
Benin's claim that Togo moved boundary stones

Bermuda
no