In a historic step, Guyana today filed
its application to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) requesting that it
confirm the legal validity and binding effect of the 1899 Arbitral Award on the
boundary between Guyana and Venezuela. A statement from the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs today said that the application follows the decision by the UN
Secretary General Antonio Guterres to choose the ICJ as the next means of
resolving the controversy following Venezuela’s contention that the Arbitral
Award of 1899 was null and void. The application could bring a decisive end to
the controversy which has dogged Guyana since its independence and has been
exploited by Venezuela to prevent investment in the county of Essequibo. More…
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