31.   The two countries have long-running disputes over who has sovereignty over a set of islets between them.

32.   Under the autonomy accord, the Palestinian self-rule council does not have full sovereignty and cannot run its own foreign affairs.

33.   A number of countries, including China, also say they have sovereignty over the Spratlys.

34.   But China says it still has sovereignty over the island.

35.   This was vehemently rejected by Manila, which insisted that the rebels had no authority to issue such documents because they do not have sovereignty over any territory.

36.   Lisbon argues that Jakarta does not have sovereignty over the former Portuguese colony.

37.   Malaysia and the Philippines claim some islands and Brunei says it has sovereignty over the waters on the small islands nearest its coast.

38.   Manila rejected this demand, saying the government has sovereignty over the entire country and acceding to this would mean recognizing the CPP-NDF as a co-equal.

39.   The conflict centers on whether Qatar or Bahrain has sovereignty over the Hawar islands and Facht Al-Dibel rocks lying in the Gulf between the two countries.

40.   The dispute is over which country has sovereignty over the strategic Hanish archipelago, which commands access to the Bab al-Mandab straits.