Georgetown : The Government of Guyana says Guyana’s Submission to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS), pursuant to Article 76 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (the Convention), was done in a manner fully consistent with the provisions of international law, including the Convention. The Submission itself was made without prejudice to maritime delimitation with other States in accordance with the provisions of Article 76 (10) of the Convention. The decision of the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to object to Guyana’s Submission to the CLCS is therefore deeply regrettable.
In recognition of the fact that the boundary with the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela was definitively settled by the Arbitral Award of 3rd October 1899, Guyana informed the CLCS, in its Submission, that “there are no disputes in the region relevant to this Submission of data and information relating to the outer limits of the continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles." That statement remains legally and factually correct.
It should be noted that the Geneva Agreement of 17th February, 1966 was aimed at allowing the Parties to resolve the matter of the claim of nullity and invalidity of the Arbitral Award by Venezuela and not to reopen the question of the boundary between Guyana and Venezuela.
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