Guyana, Venezuela must abide World Court ruling on border controversy- Greenidge

Guyana’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Carl Greenidge on Saturday  insisted that Venezuela and Guyana would have to accept the ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) or face sanctions by the United Nations (UN) if it is violated. “Once a matter goes before the Court and the UN’s Court has taken a decision, no member State of the UN can buck that decision because if they buck that decision, the UN Secretary General can be called upon to have either the General Assembly or the Security Council take action against the State,” Greenidge told Demerara Waves Online News. The Foreign Minister, one day after Venezuela rejected Guyana’s filing of its case to that UN Court,  added that if the ICJ takes a decision and it is breached, “there is a whole range of options” available to those top UN decision-making bodies. More…