nresolved Bakasi allocation,
and a sovereignty dispute between Equatorial Guinea and Cameroon
over an island at the mouth of the Ntem River; Nigeria initially
rejected cession of the Bakasi Peninsula; Lake Chad Commission
continues to urge signatories Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria to
ratify delimitation treaty over the lake region, which remains the
site of armed clashes among local populations and militias

Canada
managed maritime boundary disputes with the US at Dixon
Entrance, Beaufort Sea, Strait of Juan de Fuca, and around the
disputed Machias Seal Island and North Rock; uncontested dispute
with Denmark over Hans Island sovereignty in the Kennedy Channel
between Ellesmere Island and Greenland

Cape Verde
none

Cayman Islands
none

Central African Republic
internal political instabilities with
fighting and violence overlap into Chad and CAR, leaving refugees
and rebel groups in both countries; Sudan has pledged to work with
CAR to stem violent skirmishes over water and grazing rights among
related pastoral populations along the border

Chad
civil war in Sudan overlaps into Chad as both states step up
border patrols, leaving refugees and rebel groups in both countries;
Chad serves as an important mediator in the Sudanese civil conflict;
Chadian Aozou rebels reside in southern Libya; Lake Chad Commission
continues to urge signatories Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria to
ratify delimitation treaty over lake region; Chad rejects Nigerian
request to redemarcate boundary, the site of periodic cross-border
incidents

Chile
Bolivia has reactivated its claim to the Atacama corridor
ceded to Chile in 1884 to secure sovereign maritime access for
Bolivian natural gas; dispute with Peru over the economic zone
delimited by the maritime boundary; Beagle Channel islands dispute
resolved through Papal mediation in 1984, but armed incidents
persist since 1992 oil discovery; territorial claim in Antarctica
(Chilean Antarctic Territory) partially overlaps Argentine and
British claims

China
involved in complex dispute with Malaysia, Philippines,
Taiwan, Vietnam, and possibly Brunei over the Spratly Islands; the
2002 "Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea"
has eased tensions but falls short of a legally binding "code of
conduct" desired by several of the disputants; most of the rugged,
militarized boundary with I