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Subject:        RE:  Disputed maps on UAE ID cards
Date:   Tue, 25 Aug 2009 11:33:49 +1200
From:   Brian Marshall <[log in to unmask]>
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And another example of NZ involvement in the mapping of borders in the
Middle East is the involvement of our Department of Survey and Land
Information (which used to be the Lands and Survey Department, and later
became Land Information New Zealand) in the mapping of the Kuwaiti-Iraq
border between 1991 and 1994.  The Department, along with the Swedish
National Survey, was commissioned by the United Nations to demarcate and
map the border.  The Department provided a team of geodesists,
surveyors, photogrammetrists and cartographers to carry out the work in
conjunction with the Swedes, and the Director General / Surveyor
General, Bill Robertson, became a member of the United Nations
Iraq/Kuwait Border Commission.



Cheers,

Brian



*From:* [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] *On
Behalf Of *Michael Ross
*Sent:* Tuesday, 25 August 2009 11:24 a.m.
*To:* [log in to unmask]; mapsL
*Subject:* RE: [ANZMapS] Disputed maps on UAE ID cards








This episode is a reflection of the past difficulties in agreeing this
border, and others in the area.



The man who has actually mapped the border is a Lebanese born, NZ
educated, and now German resident cartographer (married to a kiwi).



I have forwarded Brendan's email to him, hoping he can share publicly
some of the background he has shared with me.



He actually did the field-work himself.



Michael





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    Behalf Of *Brendan Whyte
    *Sent:* Tuesday, August 25, 2009 11:07 AM
    *To:* AMC; mapsL
    *Subject:* [ANZMapS] Disputed maps on UAE ID cards




    Saudi halts recognition of UAE ID cards over map issue

    Khaleej Times - 22 August, 2009

    Saudi Arabia said on Friday it has stopped recognising UAE identity
    cards because it dislikes a map on the cards and is requiring
    Emiratis to travel with a passport instead.

    Under a mutual agreement between members of the Gulf Cooperation
    Council (GCC), UAE and Saudi citizens were allowed to gain entrance
    to the other country by showing their national identity cards.

    But Saudi Arabia withdrew from the agreement in protest at an image
    of the UAE map on Emiratis’ ID cards that does not correspond to the
    
border agreed by the two in 1974, General Salem Al Bolayhed, head
    of the immigration authority, was quoted as saying by the official
    SPA news agency.

    “The kingdom has taken many measures to contain the issue by
    submitting an official memorandum via diplomatic channels... calling
    on brothers in the UAE to correct the map to match the current
    reality of common borders between the two countries,” Bolayhed said.

    “And since there was no response from the UAE to the efforts made in
    that respect, it has been decided that UAE citizens should be banned
    from entering the kingdom with their official identity cards.”
    “Citizens of the two countries wishing to move between the official
    crossings have to use their passports instead of their national
    identity cards,” he added.

    
Dubai.


    A similar article in Gulf News today (
    http://www.gulfnews.com/nation/Travel_and_Tourism/10342976.html ),
    however they don't state the reason as clearly as in Khaleej Times.
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