The Greentree Agreement[1] is a formal treaty which resolved the Cameroon–Nigeria border dispute over the oil and natural gas-rich Bakassi peninsula.
[2] The dispute had roots as far back as 1913;[3] in 1981,[4] 1994, and 1996 armed clashes between Nigeria and Cameroon took place in Bakassi.
[2] The dispute was referred to the International Court of Justice and on 10 October 2002 the ICJ ruled in favor of Cameroon.
A committee composed of representatives from Cameroon, Nigeria, the UN, Germany, the US, France and the UK, was created to monitor the implementation of the agreement.
[2] On 13 August 2013, the United Nations Security Council stated that it welcomed the peaceful end two days earlier of the special transitional regime in the Bakassi Peninsula.