Notwithstanding everything, it sounds like it.
LN
--- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "aletheiak" <aletheiak@y...> wrote:
> 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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