Saudi-Iraqi neutral zone/Talk

This article leaves the reader wondering why, if the Neutral Zone was partitioned in 1983, did it take ISO until 1993 to withdraw the corresponding ISO 3166 code - and leads to the suspicion that one of these years might be a typo. So I think we need to explain this, but I'm not very clear on the details. My understanding is that the 1983 agreement was not officially recognised internationally, simply because the relevant paperwork was never submitted. I've seen it suggested that it still isn't recognised - but date of withdrawal from ISO 3166 suggests that the matter was settled in the aftermath of the Gulf War, which would make sense. Does anyone know for certain? --Zundark, 2001 Nov 14