The neutral zone came into existence following the Uqair Protocol of 1922 which defined the border between Iraq and the Sultanate of Nejd (Saudi Arabia's predecessor state).
The actual division of the territory was made an unknown time after the agreement was reached, 30 July 1982 at the latest, though the border change wasn't officially filed with the United Nations until June 1991. ==History== The Treaty of Muhammarah (Khorramshahr), 5 May 1922, forestalled the imminent conflict between the United Kingdom, which held the mandate for Iraq, and the Kingdom of Nejd, which later became Saudi Arabia (when combined with the Kingdom of Hejaz).
Following further negotiations, the Protocol of Uqair (Uqayr), 2 December 1922, defined most of the borders between them and created the neutral zone.
As the Persian Gulf War approached in early 1991, Iraq cancelled all international agreements with Saudi Arabia since 1968.
The protocol was ratified by Abdulaziz. No military or permanent buildings were to be built in or near the neutral zone and the nomads of both countries were to have unimpeded access to its pastures and wells. Administrative division of the zone was achieved in 1975, and a border treaty concluded in 1981.
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An agreement to partition the neutral zone was reached by Iraqi and Saudi representatives on 26 December 1981, and approved by the Iraqi National Assembly on 28 January 1982.
The protocol was ratified by Abdulaziz. No military or permanent buildings were to be built in or near the neutral zone and the nomads of both countries were to have unimpeded access to its pastures and wells. Administrative division of the zone was achieved in 1975, and a border treaty concluded in 1981.
An agreement to partition the neutral zone was reached by Iraqi and Saudi representatives on 26 December 1981, and approved by the Iraqi National Assembly on 28 January 1982.
The actual division of the territory was made an unknown time after the agreement was reached, 30 July 1982 at the latest, though the border change wasn't officially filed with the United Nations until June 1991. ==History== The Treaty of Muhammarah (Khorramshahr), 5 May 1922, forestalled the imminent conflict between the United Kingdom, which held the mandate for Iraq, and the Kingdom of Nejd, which later became Saudi Arabia (when combined with the Kingdom of Hejaz).
The actual division of the territory was made an unknown time after the agreement was reached, 30 July 1982 at the latest, though the border change wasn't officially filed with the United Nations until June 1991. ==History== The Treaty of Muhammarah (Khorramshahr), 5 May 1922, forestalled the imminent conflict between the United Kingdom, which held the mandate for Iraq, and the Kingdom of Nejd, which later became Saudi Arabia (when combined with the Kingdom of Hejaz).
As the Persian Gulf War approached in early 1991, Iraq cancelled all international agreements with Saudi Arabia since 1968.
Saudi Arabia responded by registering all previous boundary agreements negotiated with Iraq at the United Nations in June 1991.
The FIPS 10-4 code for the Saudi Arabian–Iraqi neutral zone was IY; that code was deleted in 1992. ==See also== Geography of Iraq Geography of Saudi Arabia Unification of Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia–United Arab Emirates border dispute Saudi–Kuwaiti neutral zone Iraq–Saudi Arabia border ==References== == External links == The Straight Dope on the Neutral Zone Arabian Boundary Disputes International Boundary Study No.
The codes were discontinued in 1993.
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