Subject: brownlie on tp  algeria  mauritania  western sahara<br/>
Date: Dec 01, 2000 @ 21:23<br/>
Author: michael donner (michael donner &lt;m@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-341811511">this one is especially problematic<br/>
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there are some indications that pillar 40 of the 1956 franco spanish<br/>
boundary commission may serve as the definitive tripoint marker<br/>
<br/>
but such an identification is not clearly made by brownlie<br/>
& moreover the tripoint position is shown variously on different maps<br/>
<br/>
the conventional location based on colonial administrative practice is<br/>
w long 8d 40m  precisely  &<br/>
n lat 27d 17m 40s approximately<br/>
per french maps & the u s dept of state 1970<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
the tripoint is situated where a definite meridional boundary is met by a<br/>
somewhat ill defined oblique one<br/>
<br/>
the oblique algeria mauritania boundary was undemarcated as of 1979<br/>
<br/>
the meridional algeria western sahara boundary was marked by only 2 pillars<br/>
  numbers 40 & 41 of the above commission<br/>
each presumably tho not necessarily a terminus & tripoint<br/>
<br/>
& the mauritania western sahara boundary continues along the same meridian<br/>
to its first turn point at pillar 39 of the same commission<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
thus it is likely but not a certainty that only the 3 critical points on<br/>
the meridional line are marked by pillars<br/>
with no other pillars in between<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
to compound the difficulty<br/>
the sovereignty & territorial integrity of western sahara are in dispute<br/>
<br/>
if the claims of morocco are sustained<br/>
western sahara will not exist as an independent country<br/>
& this tripoint will belong to morocco instead<br/>
but the tripoint of morocco with algeria & western sahara will disappear<br/>
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