your local informant & definitizable uncertainty notwithstanding
the icj benin nigeria case still wont be decided for a long time yet
& involves only river & island issues anyway
nothing on the docket about villages
nor markers
nor the delineation on dry land
nor the present renovations
so far as i can see
the agreement if any
must have just been to bring that case to the icj
& to accept its decision
http://www.icj-cij.org/icjwww/idocket/ibn/ibnframe.htm
so the village transfers dont appear to emanate from the icj at all
& they may be more apparent than real anyway
since they reportedly involve only setting things back to where
they were supposed to have been before they got out of hand
owing to border neglect & population sprawl
your classmate must have been confusing this case with the
recent nigeria cameroon icj decision
which does involve court ordered village transfers
--- In
BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "L. A. Nadybal"
<lnadybal@c...> wrote:
> Last week, I was in a training class in D. C. also attended by a
> Nigerian government official; we spoke of the border
adjustment. He
> said it stems from a decision of the ICJ in the Hague. The
discussion
> I see here of uncertainty in reports over how many villages
each
> country got must be "definitizable" by looking at the court's
> decision. It's also sort of odd that the articles write of an
> "agreement" - it seems they wouldn't have wound up in court if
they
> had an agreement.
>
> LN
>
>
>
>
> --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, Michael Kaufman
> <mikekaufman79@y...> wrote:
> > Yes - message 14748 which is this link:
> >
http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/News/0,,2-11-1447_156
1979,00.html
> > In this news24.com story, it says 7 of Benin's
> > villages are being controlled by Nigeria, while 3 of
> > Nigeria's villages are under Benin's control. This is
> > the opposite of Reuter's reporting, which says Nigeria
> > is controlling 3 of Benin's villages and Benin 7 of
> > Nigeria's.
> > I wonder which one is correct.
> >
> > --- Brendan Whyte <bwhyte@u...> wrote:
> >
> > > Anyone know any more about this?
> > > Brendan
> > >
> > > >According to a Reuters' report from Lagos of 23
> > > July 2004, Benin and
> > > >Nigeria will modify their land boundary and
> > > "redraw" their maritime
> > > >boundary. Portions of the Reuters article are
> > > reproduced below.
> > > >
> > > >"Nigeria and its western neighbour Benin, have
> > > agreed to redraw their
> > > >870-km (520-mile) boundary to avert a potential
> > > border row, a Nigerian
> > > >official said.
> > > >
> > > >"Under the plan, Nigeria which is in the final
> > > phase of redrawing its
> > > >eastern boundary with Cameroon after a protracted
> > > dispute, would transfer
> > > >three villages to Benin in exchange for seven
> > > villages controlled by the
> > > >former French colony, the News Agency on Nigeria
> > > reported on Friday.
> > > >
> > > >"'Both countries have agreed to begin withdrawal
> > > processes from those
> > > >villages to return their possessions to the
> > > rightful owners,' Dahiru
> > > >Bobbo, director general of the National Boundary
> > > Commission told reporters
> > > >after bilateral talks in the capital Abuja on
> > > Thursday.
> > > >
> > > >"He said though there was 'no serious boundary
> > > problem' between the two
> > > >neighbours, the move was aimed at averting a future
> > > border dispute. The
> > > >West African neighbours also agreed to redraw their
> > > maritime boundary. "
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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