ICJ summons Venezuela and Guyana to a public hearing on Essequibo on November 14

The International Court of Justice reported in a statement that it “will hold public hearings on the request for indication of provisional measures presented by Guyana in the case relating to the Arbitration Award of October 3, 1899 (Guyana v. Venezuela) on November 14, 2023.”

Guyana’s request has to do with the Consultative Referendum called by the Venezuelan authorities for next December 3.

The ICJ recalls that Guyana requested to confirm the validity of the boundary between the Colony of British Guiana and the United States of Venezuela of October 3, 1899, which grants the sovereignty of the 160,000 square kilometers of this territory to Guyana, which has important natural resources – oil, gas, mining, hydraulic and forestry – and great tourism potential.

Specifically, Guyana argues that Caracas agreed to give up Essequibo after the ruling in 1899, but that Venezuela later retracted the decision. For its part, Caracas relies on the agreement signed in 1966 in Geneva between Venezuela and the United Kingdom, the former colonial power of Guyana, which recognizes that Essequibo is a disputed territory.

Last Wednesday, Guyana requested “urgent protection” from the ICJ “in response to Venezuela’s sinister plan to seize Guyanese territory.” However, the Venezuelan Government has criticized “the tricks” of the Guyana government and its strategy to “destabilize the region” and “appropriate” this territory.

Source: dpa

(Referential image source: CIJ-IJC / UN-ONU / Capital Photos / F / Europa Press / dpa)

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