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	The Hydrographic Society - Technical Articles - Gibraltar: Sovereignty Disputes and Territorial Waters
		Gibraltar was under Spanish sovereign control from 1462 to 1704; its political status between 1704 and 1713 was that of a territory occupied by allied forces, including Britain, in the name of a claimant to the Spanish throne.
		Britain stresses that Gibraltar was ceded to the Crown by the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713, and that the treaty was confirmed in subsequent treaties.
		Gibraltar and the EU In the context of the recent fishing dispute, the respective diplomatic and media wars emphasised the issue of implementation of EU directives, especially in relation to tax and financial dealings.
	www.hydrographicsociety.org /Articles/journal/2000/95-2.htm (4464 words)

	Euro - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The official story of the design history of the euro sign is disputed by Arthur Eisenmenger, a former chief graphic designer for the EEC, who claims to have created it as a generic symbol of Europe.
		The glyph is (according to the European Commission) "a combination of the Greek epsilon, as a sign of the weight of European civilization; an E for Europe; and the parallel lines crossing through standing for the stability of the euro".
		Although the failure of the European Constitution to be ratified would have no direct impact on the status of the euro, some debate regarding the euro arose after the negative outcome of the French and Dutch referenda in mid 2005.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Euro (6552 words)

	Gibraltar - Information & Images (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Spain lost control of Gibraltar in 1704 and ceeded the territory under article X of the Treaty of Utrecht in perpetuity to the British Crown in 1713.
		Although Gibraltar is run on democratic principles, with freedom of speech, freedom of political movements and freedom of the press well-established, no political party or pressure group in Gibraltar supports union with Spain.
		This vision underlied the UN resolutions driven by Spain on the decolonization of Gibraltar in the 1960s, which focused on the "interests" and not the "wishes" of the Gibraltarians.
	www.gibnet.com /data/dispute.htm (404 words)

	Gibraltar Resource Center - rock of gibraltar
		Gibraltar is a part of the European Union, although some aspects of European law and convention, such as the Customs Union and Common Agricultural Policy, do not apply here.
		The notion of accepting an arrangement gibraltar cruise gibraltar uk canary cruise uk with Spain was resoundingly rejected by the population in two referenda held in 1967 and in 2002, the latter just months gibraltar offshore company formation after the joint sovereignty principle was accepted gibraltar airport by the British government.
		Gibraltar celebrates its National Day annually on 10th September, the date chosen to commemorate the 1967 Referendum which was the first act of self-determination of the people of Gibraltar.
	www.taxgloss.com /Tax-Banks_Cl_-_G-/Gibraltar.html (1101 words)

	Mercopress
		In a UN building bustling in anticipation of the Security Council meeting on Iraq, the Chief Minister of Gibraltar repeatedly asked the chairman whether it was the Committee´s role to assist the colonial people to uphold their rights or to act as a neutral observer in a sovereignty dispute between the United Kingdom and Spain.
		He told the committee that the Gibraltar and UK Governments were poised to challenge the EU decision to treat Gibraltar as a region of the UK for the purposes of taxation, describing it as a violation of the UN charter to treat a colony as a region of its administering power.
		Oyarzun indicated the colonial presence in Gibraltar was contrary to the UN Charter and that according to UN resolution 1514 "any attempt aimed at the partial and total disruption of the national unity and the territorial integrity of a country is incompatible with the purposes and principles of the Charter of the UN".
	www.falkland-malvinas.com /Detalle.asp?NUM=3769 (1247 words)

	Gibraltar ponders future under new trouble-shooting accord with Spain and Britain - iht,europe,New Gibraltar - Europe - ...
		GIBRALTAR Esmeralda Valerga lives in Spain and commutes to work in her native Gibraltar, enduring a slow-motion nightmare at border control each morning and afternoon.
		Under other clauses of the accord — in which Gibraltar took part as an equal-status negotiator for the first time — London is to cover the unpaid pensions of thousands of Spaniards who worked in Gibraltar and lost their jobs when Gen. Francisco Franco shut the border in 1969.
		Gibraltar is a British colony with a unique flavor — many like Valerga trace their roots to Italy, Malta or Portugal, countries which sent traders here centuries ago to supply the British naval base — and has largely run its own affairs since 1964.
	www.iht.com /articles/ap/2006/09/20/europe/EU_GEN_New_Gibraltar.php (936 words)

	Al-Ahram Weekly \| International \| Underlying currents
		Her first line was that the Prestige should have been properly inspected in the British colony of Gibraltar when it called there, and had not been.
		She went further, bizarrely adding that it was another example of the tax evasion and smuggling that Spaniards claim typify the colony's trade with the outside world.
		Gibraltar has been the carrot that Blair has dangled in front of Aznar in order to gain his support.
	weekly.ahram.org.eg /2002/614/in3.htm (975 words)

	Offshore Intelligence - Gibraltar
		Gibraltar's status as a UK Crown Colony continues to be disputed by Spain, which ceded Gibraltar to the United Kingdom in the early 18th Century.
		Gibraltar was ceded by Spain to the United Kingdom under the Treaty of Utrecht.
		The Legislature of Gibraltar consists of the Governor and the Gibraltar House of Assembly.
	www.marrache.com /offshore/gibraltar/page1.htm (937 words)

	BBC News \| EUROPE \| Gibraltar: A rocky road
		Gibraltar, the tiny British overseas territory on the coast of southern Spain, has loomed large in the history books for hundreds of years.
		Gibraltar remained Spanish until early in the 18th century, when it was captured by the British, and formally ceded to the Empire.
		In 1963, the question of Gibraltar's status came before the United Nations Special Committee on Decolonisation, and Spain seized the opportunity to revive her claim for the reversion of the Rock to Spanish sovereignty.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/europe/885653.stm (581 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Talking Point \| Should the Gibraltar vote be recognised?
		Gibraltar is a "Region" within the EU with a British and a Spanish history of its own.
		A lot of people in Gibraltar feel they have been let down with false promises by the UK Government, and whether people in the UK understand it or not, there is a general feeling of having been "sold" to Spain.
		Gibraltar is a historic part of Spain and sooner or later, no matter what London thinks it will be a part of Spain again.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/talking_point/2126477.stm (4551 words)

	Fag ends of empire - smh.com.au
		Gibraltar, in the person of its youthful Deputy Chief Minister, argued powerfully against the proposals of Spain and Britain to conveniently dispose of "the problem" within the EU without genuine recognition of Gibraltar's interests.
		Indeed, their recent excision from migration status is indicative of what many colonial powers would like to do in their entirety to their distant but persistent territories.
		While Tokelau may be a model of exemplary progress, its status alone is indicative of the manner in which this UN committee has itself become an anachronism, as another decade for the Eradication of Colonialism grinds on into an indefinite future.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2002/06/18/1023864427129.html (1478 words)

	Blair's Belfast-style assurances put Gibraltarians on the de - Scotch-Irish / Ulster-Scots Forums
		Gibraltar's government declared the day a national holiday called the day of freedom, and the territory's parliament presented the freedom of the city award to the Royal Navy, which deployed the frigate HMS Grafton to the scene.
		Gibraltar is a rocky outcrop measuring 5.8 sq km (2.25 sq miles) at the tip of the Iberian peninsula.
		Gibraltar’s chief minister today defended the territory’s celebrations to mark 300 years of British rule, telling the Spanish it is “none of their business”.
	www.scotchirish.net /forum/index.php?showtopic=1856 (5074 words)

	Articles:Listing Gibraltar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The cooperation of Gibraltar with the Guardia Civil has been practically nil, in the Guardia Civil's investigations of money laundering, tobacco smuggling or fraud, said the Spanish minister, who adds that such cooperation has been sought through various avenues such as 'commissions rogatoire' and financial intelligence units.
		There has been no cooperation with UK or Gibraltar authorities as regards the 'Ballena Blanca' operation, and in other operations there is no evidence of the participation or cooperation of the Gibraltar authorities, said the reply.
		GIBRALTAR'S old reputation as a smuggling centre is at risk of being revived as Spanish smugglers turn to violence during trips across its waters to pick up drugs in North Africa.
	www.tobacco.org /articles/country/gibraltar (897 words)

	afrol News editorial - The failure of decolonisation in north-western Africa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Gibraltar itself is a key to the mystery's door.
		Status quo since 1975 has been a Moroccan occupation of Western Sahara, a British possession of Gibraltar, Spanish possession of Ceuta and Melilla and non-engagement by Morocco and Spain on a dozen islands off Morocco's coast.
		Status quo was altered one week ago, as Morocco attacked the most ridiculous demonstration of north-western Africa's imperfect decolonisation; an uninhabited rock 200 metres off Morocco's coast and within Moroccan territorial waters.
	www.afrol.com /News2002/mor020_editorial_decol.htm (1245 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Since 1927, Gibraltar has issued its own banknotes and, since 1988, its own coins, although UK coins and banknotes continue to circulate and are widely accepted; Euros are also accepted by most of the high-street stores, but not the Post Office and Government departments.
		Gibraltar notes are not legal tender in the UK, but are exchangeable at a rate of 0.92:1 for UK notes at banks.
		Due to Gibraltar's popularity as a tourist destination, (compared with other Dependent territories which issue coinage at parity to Sterling) and the fact that the coins are almost identical to UK £1 coins, they can be found in circulation in the UK fairly frequently.
	www.gamecheatz.net /games.php?title=Gibraltar_pound (314 words)

	Middle-East-Info.org - Jewish Communities in the West Bank
		These remaining 5% are today under Israeli or Arab Palestinian rule, their current status subject to the Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement, their permanent status to be determined through further negotiation.
		The disputed West Bank and Gaza Strip area of 6,220 sq km is matching equivalent to a circle with a radius of 45 km.
		The last binding international legal instrument in the West Bank and Gaza was the League of Nations Mandate, which explicitly recognized the right of Jewish settlement in all territory allocated to the Jewish national home including the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
	www.middle-east-info.org /gateway/jewsinwestbank (1387 words)

	Government of Gibraltar v Commission of the European Communities. (State aid) [2002] EUECJ T-195/01 (30 April 2002)
		However, it is not disputed that the rules of Community law on competition, including those relating to State aid granted by the Member States, do apply to Gibraltar.
		No Gibraltarian or resident of Gibraltar may hold or be interested in holding any of the shares in an exempt company other than as a shareholder in a public company.
		A number of replies to questions raised by the Commission during the meeting were formulated by the Government of Gibraltar and submitted to the Commission on 28 November 2000, before being formally transmitted to the Commission by the United Kingdom Government on 8 January 2001.
	www.worldlii.org /eu/cases/EUECJ/2002/T19501.html (10759 words)

	ISN Security Watch - Spain takes rock from Morocco
		Recent talks between Britain and Spain on the future of the disputed British colony of Gibraltar have prompted comparisons by Rabat, which would like to absorb Ceuta and its sister enclave Melilla.
		Soon after the pre-dawn swoop, Spain's own yellow and red national colors could be seen flying over the disputed island, while bemused Moroccan locals, buffeted by strong winds in the early morning sunshine, looked on from neighboring clifftops.
		It is now time to return to the status quo ante and to resume dialogue between Spain and Morocco," Prodi said in a statement.
	www.isn.ethz.ch /news/sw/details_print.cfm?id=4573 (809 words)

	CNN.com - Spanish offer on disputed isle - July 18, 2002
		Morocco claims the island as part of its territory, but Madrid says the island is Spanish and that the two countries had agreed years ago to leave it uninhabited.
		Morocco's U.N. ambassador, Mohamed Bennouna said his country considers Spain's armed attack on Wednesday "an ill-advised and dangerous act for peace and security in the very sensitive zone of the Straits of Gibraltar" and a violation of the U.N. Charter.
		NATO officials said the alliance was pleased the status quo has been restored and that there had been no injuries.
	edition.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/europe/07/18/spain.morocco/index.html (613 words)

	What makes us want to betray Gibraltar?
		The reason the Spanish have become so exercised about Gibraltar is because they believe that their pressure will eventually yield results.
		Part of becoming a modern European country means shedding the encumbrances of Empire, so as to sit in Brussels on the same terms as everyone else (except the French, who have somehow managed to hang on to their own outposts without anyone thinking the worse of them).
		One of the issues on the table during the accession talks was the status of Gibraltar, which Spain was obliged to accept as an EU member with full rights.
	www.gibnet.com /texts/hannan.htm (1164 words)

	Government of Gibraltar v Commission (State aid) [2002] EUECJ T-207/01 (30 April 2002)
		Since Gibraltar is a European territory, within the meaning of Article 299(4) EC, for whose external relations the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is responsible, the provisions of the Treaty apply to it.
		After summarising the comments submitted by the United Kingdom Government and the Government of Gibraltar during its preliminary examination, the Commission states that none of those comments dispels its doubts as to their allegations regarding the nature of existing aid of the legislation in issue.
		In those circumstances, the reference by the Commission and by the Kingdom of Spain to Gibraltar v Council, in which the United Kingdom disputed the locus standi of the Government of Gibraltar, is irrelevant, since that case concerned air transport within the Community and was therefore fundamentally different from the present case.
	www.worldlii.org /eu/cases/EUECJ/2002/T20701.html (10014 words)

	Disputed status of Gibraltar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		All Gibraltar's political parties, including the governing Gibraltar Social-Democrats (GSD) and the opposition Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party (GSLP) are opposed to any transfer of sovereignty to Spain.
		However, an overwhelming majority of the population holds the view that better relations are desirable, and in a mass demonstation held in March 2002, whilst condemning the idea of joint sovereignty, called for Good, neighbourly European relations with Spain based on reasonable dialogue and mutual respect.
		In contrast to the good governance found in Gibraltar, in the neigbouring province of Spain, politicians are infamous for clear indications of criminality[9]
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Disputed_status_of_Gibraltar (3178 words)

	Scotsman.com News - Spain's disputed islands
		BRITAIN and Spain hope to seal a historic deal over the disputed Rock of Gibraltar next month, resolving disagreements that have soured relations for decades, officials said yesterday.
		GEOFF Hoon, the Defence Secretary, yesterday said he was delighted with a demonstration by the people of Gibraltar to celebrate the rock's status as a British territory.
		JACK Straw’s historic Gibraltar speech to the Commons yesterday may have set Tory opponents, and...
	news.scotsman.com /topics.cfm?tid=475 (435 words)

	afrol News: Morocco demands Spanish retreat from Parsley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		"Status quo" is believed to be a gentlemen's agreement between Morocco and Spain not to deploy troops on Parsley Island and a dozen other disputed islands off Morocco.
		For Gibraltar's government, the fight over Parsley Island is a perfect reminder to world and British opinion that "Spain is speaking with two tongues" when it comes to decolonisation.
		The case of Ceuta, Melilla and the dozen islands off Morocco are an equal torn in the eye of Morocco as Gibraltar is for Spain.
	www.afrol.com /News2002/mor019_perejil_spain3.htm (861 words)

	SPAIN ESPANA
		It also includes the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean Sea, the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean and a number of uninhabited islands on the Mediterranean side of the strait of Gibraltar, known as Plazas de soberanía, such as the Chafarine islands, the "rocks" (peñones) of Vélez and Alhucemas, and the tiny Isla Perejil (disputed).
		In trying to increase their status, the Muslim taifa kings competed in patronage of the arts, and the Jewish population of Iberia set the basis of Sephardic culture.
		But this promising late eighteenth century resurgence was short-lived, being totally disrupted by the turmoil of the Napoleonic Wars at the beginning of the 19th century.
	www.solarnavigator.net /geography/spain.htm (5288 words)

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