Addendum Agreement: Authorization of Demarcating the Median Line of the Saudi-Kuwaiti Neutral Zone
In the Name of God the Merciful the Compassionate
The Addendum Agreement has been concluded in Kuwait City on Shawwal 9, 1389AH, corresponding to December 1, 1969AD between
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, represented by His Excellency Shaikh Ahmad Zaki Yamani, Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources as a first party,
And
The State of Kuwait, represented by His Excellency 'Abd al-Rahman Salim al-'Atiqi as a second party.
Whereas the two States have entered into an agreement to divide the Kuwaiti-Saudi Neutral Zone, which was the Agreement signed on Rabi' Awwal 9, 1385, corresponding to July 7, 1965, known as "the Agreement between the State of Kuwait and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia relating to the Partition of the Neutral Zone" and called hereinafter "the Partition Agreement" ,
And whereas Article 1 of the Partition Agreement stipulates that the physical demarcation of the median line of the Neutral Zone be effected by the Neutral Zone Survey and Delimitation Committee, the formation of which has been agreed upon,
And whereas the abovementioned Survey and Delimitation Committee, designated as "the Joint Technical Committee", has supervised the physical demarcation of the median line by "Pacific Aero Survey Company", which carried out the demarcation pursuant to the agreements which it concluded with the Governments of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the State of Kuwait. The Committee reported that Pacific Aero Survey Company perfomed its obligations under the abovementioned agreements which are themselves based on the provisions of the Partition Agreement. On this basis, the Joint Technical Committee approved the final report and final map prepared by the said Company in this respect. The Saudi and Kuwaiti sides signed each these as a mark of their approval and recorded the same in the minutes of the fourth meeting held by the Joint Technical Committee during the period Dhu al-Qa'da 10-12, 1358, corresponding to January 28-30, 1969.
And whereas the competent authorities of the two Governments of both Parties to the Partition Agreement sanctioned the decision of the Joint Technical Committee to approve the proposed demarcation, recorded it in the minutes of its fourth meeting mentioned above, and each of the Contracting Parties informed the other of its approval,
And whereas Article 1 of the Partition Agreement stipulates authorization of the demarcation of the median line of the Neutral Zone by a subsequent agreement,
Pursuant to Article 2 of the Partition Agreement, the two Contracting Parties, authorizing the demarcation of the median line of the Neutral Zone, have agreed as follows:
Article 1
The median line of the divided area, which forms the final demarcation line between the two Contracting Parties, is equivalent to straight lines running between points, the coordinates of which will be shown hereunder; and it is the boundary which Pacific Aero Survey Company has designated, recognized and demarcated in the final report and final map, which it has submitted to the Joint Technical Committee. Each of the two Contracting Parties has signed a copy of the final map enclosed to this Agreement. This final map, the said final report, the minutes of the fourth meeting of the Joint Technical Committee referred to above, the map and report having been signed by the representatives of the two Contracting Parties, and further signed copies of each of these which the Contracting Parties have retained, shall collectively form the reference for announcement, statement and determination of the said median line:-
Point North Latitude East Longitude
= - 5 = - 5
Z 02,488 32 28 59,019 25 48
D-1 01,985 32 28 12,952 25 48
D-2 01,284 32 28 09,539 24 48
D-3 00,874 32 28 32,787 23 48
D-4 00,382 32 28 48,927 22 48
D-5 59,676 31 28 46,685 21 48
D-6 59,239 31 28 08,534 21 48
D-7 58,580 31 28 11,430 20 48
D-8 58,021 31 28 23,434 19 48
D-9 57,530 31 28 41,590 18 48
D-10 57,050 31 28 00,993 18 48
D-11 56,662 31 28 28,381 17 48
D-12 56,035 31 28 36,094 16 48
D-13 55,485 31 28 50,592 15 48
D-14 54,947 31 28 06,374 15 48
D-15 54,362 31 28 18,748 14 48
D-16 53,713 31 28 26,262 13 48
D-17 52,948 31 28 25,088 12 48
D-18 52,076 31 28 16,032 11 48
D-19 51,410 31 28 23,736 10 48
D-20 50,630 31 28 23,111 09 48
D-21 49,779 31 28 17,593 08 48
D-22 48,907 31 28 11,206 07 48
D-23 48,056 31 28 07,037 06 48
D-24 47,518 31 28 26,749 05 48
D-25 46,788 31 28 32,594 04 48
D-26 45,842 31 28 22,955 03 48
D-27 44,833 31 28 09,560 02 48
D-28 44,361 31 28 35,432 01 48
D-29 43,435 31 28 29,090 00 48
D-30 42,472 31 28 20,742 59 47
D-31 41,526 31 28 14,252 58 47
D-32 40,470 31 28 00,761 57 47
D-33 39,454 31 28 50,778 55 47
D-34 38,554 31 28 49,360 54 47
D-35 37,795 31 28 57,908 53 47
D-36 37,363 31 28 28,842 53 47
D-37 36,567 31 28 35,536 52 47
D-38 35,865 31 28 48,853 51 47
D-39 35,156 31 28 02,006 51 47
D-40 34,360 31 28 09,743 50 47
D-41 33,596 31 28 19,897 49 47
D-42 32,789 31 28 27,676 48 47
D-43 31,833 31 28 26,188 47 47
D-44 30,941 31 28 29,303 46 47
D-45 30,339 31 28 51,168 45 47
D-46 29,449 31 28 55,060 44 47
D-47 28,369 31 28 59,412 43 47
D-48 27,072 31 28 52,962 42 47
H 26,526 31 28 25,153 42 47
Article 2
This Agreement and the documents referred to in Article 1 shall be considered as a supplement and integral part of the Partition Agreement.
Article 3
This Agreement has been written in the Arabic Language in two original copies, each one of which each of the two Contracting Parties has retained, and both copies have full authority. The Agreement shall enter into effect from the date of signature thereon.
Confirming what is mentioned, the aforesaid representatives each authorized by his Government have signed this Appendant Agreement.
For the Government of For the Government of
the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia the State of Kuwait
Ahmad Zaki Yamani 'Abd al-Rahman Salim al-'Atiqi
Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Minister of Finance and Oil
Translated by the present editor from al-Kuwayt al-Yawm, No. 762, 16th Year, pp.2-3
