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UN envoy hails workshop related to Guyana-Venezuela border dispute
Representatives of Guyana and Venezuela met earlier this week as work by the
UN’s Good Officer, Norman Givran and Secretary General Ban Ki-moon
United Nations continues in an effort to resolve a longstanding border controversy.
According to the United Nations, in a statement from Norman Givran, Personal Representative of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the meeting is a demonstration of both countries’ ongoing commitment to a peaceful resolution of the matter.
The workshop, held on Tuesday and organized with support from the UN Department of Political Affairs, focused on multi-dimensional approaches and best practices in the resolution of controversies, based on examples from around the world, the UN statement said.
“This workshop took place in the context of the extremely friendly and cordial relations now existing between Guyana and Venezuela and their commitment to the good offices process established by the Secretary-General [Ban Ki-moon].”
Among the participants were both countries’ facilitators in the good offices process – Ralph Ramkarran for Guyana and Ambassador Roy Chaderton Matos for Venezuela – as well as both countries’ Permanent Representatives to the United Nations in New York.
“The participants displayed a tremendously positive and constructive spirit, and everyone agreed that we are all equipped better with relevant information,” Girvan added, noting that the workshop participants are currently exploring possible next steps.
Venezuela has an age-old claim to a large swath of Essequibo. The matter, although settled, has been rearing its head from time to time and the UN had appointed a Good Officer to handle the matter for the Secretary General. That officer is Mr. Givran.
Late last year also, Guyana applied to the UN for a 150-nautical mile extension of its continental shelf.
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