word | | Disputes - international |
| claimed | Madagascar | ... Nova Island (all administered by France); the vegetated drying cays of Banc du Geyser, which were claimed by Madagascar in 1976, also fall within the EEZ claims of the Comoros and France ... |
| claimed | Mayotte | claimed by Comoros |
| claimed | Navassa Island | claimed by Haiti, source of subsistence fishing |
| claimed | New Caledonia | Matthew and Hunter Islands east of New Caledonia claimed by France and Vanuatu |
| claimed | Paracel Islands | occupied by China, also claimed by Taiwan and Vietnam |
| claimed | Philippines | Philippines claims sovereignty over Scarborough Reef (also claimed by China together with Taiwan) and over certain of the Spratly Islands, known locally as the Kalayaan (Freedom) Islands, also claimed by China, Malaysia ... |
| claimed | Russia | ... as the "Southern Kurils," occupied by the Soviet Union in 1945, now administered by Russia, and claimed by Japan, remains the primary sticking point to signing a peace treaty formally ending World ... |
| claimed | Spratly Islands | all of the Spratly Islands are claimed by China (including Taiwan) and Vietnam; parts of them are claimed by Brunei, Malaysia and the Philippines; despite no public territorial claim to Louisa Reef ... |
| claimed | Suriname | area claimed by French Guiana between Riviere Litani and Riviere Marouini (both headwaters of the Lawa); Suriname claims a triangle of land between the New and Kutari/Koetari rivers in a historic ... |
| claimed | Syria | ... of the Lebanon-Syria boundary are unclear with several sections in dispute; since 2000, Lebanon has claimed Shab'a Farms in the Golan Heights; 2004 Agreement and pending demarcation settles border dispute ... |
| claimed | Taiwan | ... code of conduct" desired by several of the disputants; Paracel Islands are occupied by China, but claimed by Taiwan and Vietnam; in 2003, China and Taiwan became more vocal in rejecting both ... |
| claimed | Togo | in 2001, Benin claimed Togo moved boundary monuments - joint commission continues to resurvey the boundary; in 2006, 14,000 Togolese refugees remain in Benin and Ghana out of the 40,000 who fled there ... |
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