LEADER 05357nam 2200661 a 450 001 9910457327203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-28062-0 010 $a9786613280626 010 $a9956-726-12-5 010 $a9956-726-24-9 010 $a9956-726-00-1 035 $a(CKB)2550000000053565 035 $a(EBL)1135157 035 $a(OCoLC)816865032 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000645094 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12259770 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000645094 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10680745 035 $a(PQKB)11119664 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1135157 035 $a(OCoLC)763159284 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse22059 035 $a(PPN)198686897 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1135157 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10500297 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL328062 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000053565 100 $a20111104d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Cameroon-Nigeria border dispute$b[electronic resource] $emanagement and resolution, 1981-2011 /$fHilary V. Lukong 210 $aMankon, Bamenda $cLangaa Research & Pub. CIG$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (240 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a9956-717-59-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations; Tables; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Introduction; Chapter 1 - Stakes and Causes of the Border Dispute; Historico-Diplomatic Causes; Constant boundary changes between colonial masters; Non application of bilateral border agreements; Security and Strategic Considerations; Security imperatives and geostrategic importance of some border areas; The quest for national cohesion; Socio-Economic Considerations; Population movements across the frontier; Economic needs of Nigeria and Cameroon 327 $aChapter 2 - Bilateral Management of the Border Dispute, 1981-2002 The Role of the Cameroon-Nigeria Mixed Boundary Commission, 1991-93; Promotion of trans-frontier cooperation; Promotion of bilateral relations and sub-regional integration; The Yola Seminar Workshop, May 25 - 29, 1992; Objectives; Identified problems and recommended solutions; The Role of the Cameroon-Nigeria Joint Commission, 1987-2002; Promotion of trans-frontier cooperation; Promotion of bilateral relations; High-Level Talks and Declarations on the Border Issue, 1981-2002 327 $aReconciliation process following the May 16, 1981 border incident Talks and Declarations before Nigerian invasion of Bakassi in 1994; Diplomatic offensives following Bigerian invasion of Bakassi; Bilateral Cooperation at the time of Crisis; Chapter 3 - Multilateral Management of the Border Dispute, 1981-2002; The Role of the Lake Chad Basin Commission; The Role of the Organization of African Unity; The Role of the United Nations Organization; The Role of the European Union; The Role of the Customs and Economic Union of Central African States 327 $aThe Mediation and Conciliation Efforts of Togo and France The mediation efforts of Togo; The French conciliation efforts; Chapter 4 - The Settlement of the Dispute through Adjudication by the International Court of Justice, 1994-2002; Cameroon's Suit and Nigeria's Preliminary Objections; Cameroon's introductory suit; Nigeria's preliminary objections and Court's verdict, June 1998; The Stance of Cameroon and Nigeria during the Oral Pleadings; Dispute in the Lake Chad region up to Mount Kombon; Dispute along the Land Boundary area from Mount Kombon through pillar 64 to the sea 327 $aDispute over the Bakassi Peninsula Dispute over the Maritime Boundary and Equatorial Guinea's intervention; Nigeria's international liability; The Verdict, October 10, 2002; Delimitation of the boundary; Lake Chad region; Land boundary from the vicinity of lake Chad to astride the Bakassi Peninsula; Bakassi Peninsula; Maritime Boundary; The delimited Sector; Undelimited sector; Withdrawal of Administration,, Armed Forces and Police; Chapter 5 - The Process of the Implementation of the International Court of Justice Verdict, 2002-2011; Complementing Legality with UN Brokered Diplomacy 327 $aThe Paris Tripartite Meeting, September 2002 330 $aAt independence, Cameroon and Nigeria adhered to the OAU principle of UTI POSSEDETIS JURIS by inheriting the colonial administrative borders whose delineation in some parts was either imperfect or not demarcated or both. The two countries tried to correct these anomalies. But such efforts were later thwarted by incessant geostrategic reckoning, dilatory, and diversionary tactics in the seventies and eighties that persisted and resurfaced in the nineties with a more determined posture. On two occasions, the border conflict almost boiled over to a full-scale war. First, in May 1981 when there 607 $aCameroon$xBoundaries$zNigeria 607 $aNigeria$xBoundaries$zCameroon 608 $aElectronic books. 700 $aLukong$b Hilary V$0913606 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910457327203321 996 $aThe Cameroon-Nigeria border dispute$92046481 997 $aUNINA