Tag: Venezuela Guyana Border

• Wednesday, January 31st 2018 - 08:42 UTC

  Guyana/Venezuela border controversy referred to the International Court of Justice

  

  United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres has referred the Guyana/Venezuela border controversy to the International Court of Justice (ICJ). In a statement which was published on the UN’s website on Tuesday, Stéphane Dujarric, spokesman for the Secretary-General stated that Mr Guterres has fulfilled the responsibility that has fallen to him within the framework set by his predecessor in December 2016, and has chosen the International Court of Justice as the means to be used for the solution of the controversy.