Aouzou Strip

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The Aouzou strip shown in red

The Aouzou Strip (

Borderlands
region, by Libya.

Inclusion in Italian Libya

Detailed 1935 map of the Aouzou Strip

The Aouzou strip was defined for the first time in the discussions between France and Italy after

Kingdom of Italy did not receive any of the German colonies, but instead was given the Oltre Giuba from the United Kingdom, and France agreed to give some Saharan territories to Italian Libya
.

After many discussions during the 1920s, in 1935 the

irredentist Italian claims to Nice, and to prevent Italy from growing closer to Nazi Germany by keeping it closely aligned with France and the United Kingdom (the Stresa Front).[1]

This policy failed two years later after Italy drifted into the German orbit by concluding the Pact of Steel with Nazi Germany, leading to the "instruments of ratification" of the Mussolini-Laval Treaty never being exchanged with France.[1] Despite this, the new border was conventionally assumed to be the southern boundary of Libya until 1955.[1]

History

Borderlands
.

Claimed to be rich in

Borderlands which included the Aouzou Strip.[3]

Libya argued that the territory, as part of the Borderlands, was inhabited by indigenous people who owed vassalage to the

colonial powers
of Chad and Libya, respectively, that confirmed the possession of the strip by Italy.

The frontier claimed by the Chadian government was based on a 1955 treaty between France and Libya, which, in turn, referred back to an 1899 agreement between Great Britain and France about "spheres of influence." Despite other differences, this was one position on which all Chadian political parties and factions were able to agree.

decision found (by a majority of 16 to 1) in favour of Chad sovereignty over the Borderlands and the Aouzou strip, and ended the Libyan claim.[3]

The United Nations Security Council established the United Nations Aouzou Strip Observer Group in Resolution 915 (May 1994) to monitor the withdrawal of Libyan troops, and terminated it in Resolution 926 (June 1994), when the withdrawal was completed.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d Hodder, Lloyd, McLachlan (1998). Land-locked states of Africa and Asia, Volume 2, p. 32. Frank Cass, London, Great Britain.
  2. US State Department
    ). April 10, 2002.
  3. ^
    ISSN 0309-0671
    .
  4. ^ Robert W. McKoeon (1991). "The Aouzou Strip: Adjudication of Competing Territorial Claims in Africa by the International Court of Justice". Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law, Vol. 23, Issue 1. pp. 147–170. Retrieved 25 October 2020.

External links

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