31.   They are related to communications -- science, culture, and technology- marking out maritime borders and a joint airport at Aqaba.

32.   The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea requires adjoining states to pursue practical areas of co-operation pending the resolution of their maritime border dispute.

33.   It has persistently called for a new maritime border to be drawn up.

34.   Kuwait and Saudi Arabia have almost completed work on fixing their maritime border, Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah said Monday.

35.   Kuwait and Saudi Arabia have made progress toward demarcating their maritime borders, Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah said Wednesday.

36.   Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has said the land reclamation affected the environment, the livelihood of Malaysian fishermen and the maritime border.

37.   Manginsela said the two countries also agreed to strengthen the security of their common maritime borders with the setting-up of three border crossing stations in each country.

38.   North Korean patrol boats fired on and captured a South Korean fishing boat with eight crew on Tuesday near the inter-Korean maritime border, a defence ministry spokesman said.

39.   Paengyong island, south of the maritime border, is home to a South Korean marine and naval base.

40.   Pristine islands and tourism have provided an economic boom for the Thai side of the maritime border.