Conflict and Co-operation: Conflicts Among Countries

Conflict over Fishing Grounds

Early 1970s
- Decrease of fish stocks around Iceland
- Iceland referred matter to UN Conference on the Law of the Sea
- Suggestions consisted of disallowing fishermen to fish in the breeding grounds and rotating preservation areas
- Most of the suggestions were ignored

1975
- Iceland extended its zone of control of the fishing grounds
- Britain refused to recognize the extended area and continued to fish there
- Frequent collisions between Brtain’s frigates and the Icelandic Coast Guard

1976
- Iceland broke off diplomatic ties with Britain
- Iceland and Britain signed an agreement to resolve their conflict (200 nautical mile zone off-limit to British trawlers)

Conflict over Water Supplies

1940s
- Jordan and Israel started water development programs

1950s
- Israel built the National Water Carrier
- Border clashes between Jordan and Israel due to decreased water supply for Jordan

1967
- Arab-Israeli War
- Israel occupied Golan Heights (gaining control of the Upper Jordan River and a large portion of the Yarmouk River)
- Shortage of water in Jordan became worse
- Jordan’s attempt at building a storage system was also obstructed by Israel

1994
- Jordan and Israel signed a peace treaty

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Conflict Between Democracy and Communism

Aug 1945
- Japan was defeated
- Korea divided into two parts at 38th parallel

1947
- North Korea become the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

1948
- South Korea became the Republic of Korea

1949
- Soviet and American troops left Korea

1949-50
- Border clashes between North and South Korea

June 1950
- North Korea invaded South Korea
- UN troops assisted South Korean and defeated North Korea

Oct 1950
- UN troops reached the Yalu River
- China joined in the war

Jan 1951
- Chinese troops pushed UN troops back into South Korea

June 1951
- UN counter-attack pushed the Chinese and North Koreans back behind the 38th parallel

1953
- An agreement to stop the fighting was signed by all parties

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Conflict over Border

1947
- India gains independence from Britain

Late 1950s
- China contested India’s presence along several localities along border (Aksai Chin Plateau and the North East Frontier Agency NEFA)

1958
- China announced the building of Aksai Chin Road

1959
- Rising tension between India and China

Mid 1961s
- China occupied more territories which India regarded as its own

1962
- War between India and China