Venezuela\u2019s acting President Delcy Rodr\u00edguez took her country\u2019s territorial claim over Guyana to the United Nations on Wednesday, September 23, wearing a brooch depicting the Essequibo region as part of Venezuela while calling for renewed negotiations with Georgetown.<\/p>\n
Rodr\u00edguez made the appeal during her address to the 81st United Nations General Assembly in New York, as the International Court of Justice (ICJ) prepares to deliver its ruling on the validity of the 1899 Arbitral Award that established the boundary between Guyana and Venezuela.<\/p>\n
The brooch featured a map of Venezuela incorporating Essequibo, a resource-rich region accounting for approximately two-thirds of Guyana\u2019s territory. The region has remained under Guyanese administration, but Venezuela continues to claim sovereignty over it.<\/p>\n
Rodr\u00edguez devoted part of her address to reaffirming Venezuela\u2019s position, arguing that the controversy should be settled through direct negotiations rather than a decision by an international institution.<\/p>\n
\u201cI cannot fail to mention in this space, the seat of international law, our reaffirmation of Venezuela\u2019s historic rights over Guayana Esequiba and the call for the Cooperative Republic of Guyana to resolve the issue and return to negotiations, as mandated by the Geneva Agreement,\u201d she said, according to a translation of her address.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe agreements that endure the longest are those that come from bilateral negotiations, rather than external bodies.\u201d<\/p>\n
Her remarks come four months after Guyana and Venezuela completed their final oral arguments before the ICJ in The Hague.<\/p>\n
The hearings took place from May 4 to 11, with both countries presenting their positions on the question of the validity and binding effect of the October 3, 1899 Arbitral Award.<\/p>\n
Georgetown maintains that the award definitively settled its boundary with Venezuela. Caracas rejects the award and maintains that the matter requires a negotiated settlement. Following the hearings, Guyana\u2019s Attorney General Anil Nandlall said the government expected the court to deliver its ruling by January 2027.<\/p>\n
Guyana has repeatedly affirmed its commitment to accepting the court\u2019s decision, while Venezuela has challenged the ICJ\u2019s authority to settle the controversy.<\/p>\n
The territorial claim also carries economic implications for Guyana, where offshore petroleum development has transformed the country into a major oil producer.<\/p>\n
During the May hearings, Guyana\u2019s Foreign Affairs Minister Hugh Todd told the ICJ that Venezuela\u2019s territorial claims and military activities had slowed investment and threatened development.<\/p>\n
He said the situation had affected investor confidence and created uncertainty for economic activity in the country.<\/p>\n
\u201cGuyana has suffered, and continues to suffer, from Venezuela\u2019s unlawful claim and threats over most of our territory,\u201d Todd told the court.<\/p>\n
Rodr\u00edguez\u2019s UN appearance also came during a period of expanding energy cooperation between Venezuela and the United States.<\/p>\n
Her administration has pursued agreements with Washington to attract investment and rebuild Venezuela\u2019s petroleum industry following the removal of Nicol\u00e1s Maduro in January.<\/p>\n
During her address, Rodr\u00edguez thanked U.S. President Donald Trump for efforts to restore bilateral relations and highlighted the countries\u2019 new energy cooperation agreement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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