Guyana and Venezuela make joint proposal for new UN Good Officer

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By Stabroek staff | October 10, 2009 in Local News


Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett and her Venezuelan counterpart, Nicolás Maduro Moros made a joint recommendation yesterday for the appointment of a new personal representative to help advance the search for a solution in the border controversy between the two South American neighbours.


They made the recommendation when they met with United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon yesterday in New York to brief him on recent developments on the issue. Reports have said that the nominee is Jamaican Norman Girvan. If approved he would succeed the late Barbadian Oliver Jackman. In a joint press statement, Ministers Rodrigues-Birkett and Moros reaffirmed their commitment to the Good Offices process under the auspices of the UN within the framework of the Geneva Agreement of 1966.


The Ministers expressed their determination to work towards a peaceful resolution of the controversy and renewed their commitment to strengthening the relations existing between their two countries, the statement said.


They also welcomed the Secretary-General’s personal commitment to assisting the two countries and his undertaking to appoint a new personal representative to advance the process.

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Nota del editor del blog: Al referenciarse a la República Cooperativa de Guyana se deben de tener en cuenta los 159.500Km2, de territorios ubicados al oeste del río Esequibo conocidos con el nombre de Guayana Esequiba o Zona en Reclamación sujetos al Acuerdo de Ginebra del 17 de febrero de 1966.


Territorios estos sobre los cuales el gobierno Venezolano en representación de la Nación venezolana se reservo sus derechos sobre los territorios de la Guayana Esequiba en su nota del 26 de mayo de 1966 al reconocerse al nuevo Estado de Guyana .
“...por lo tanto, Venezuela reconoce como territorio del nuevo Estado, el que se sitúa al este de la margen derecha del río Esequibo y reitera ante la comunidad internacional, que se reserva expresamente sus derechos de soberanía territorial sobre la zona que se encuentra en la margen izquierda del precitado río; en consecuencia, el territorio de la Guayana Esequiba sobre el cual Venezuela se reserva expresamente sus derechos soberanos, limita al Este con el nuevo Estado de Guyana, a través de la línea del río Esequibo, tomando éste desde su nacimiento hasta su desembocadura en el Océano Atlántico...”