Port of Spain Protocol

Port of Spain Protocol
Protocol to the Agreement to resolve the controversy between Venezuela and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland over the frontier between Venezuela and British Guiana
Map of Essequibo; The area lined in orange constitutes the area claimed by Venezuela.
TypeProcedural and supplementary treaty to another international treaty.
DraftedMarch-June 1970
SignedJune 18, 1970 (1970-06-18)
LocationPort of Spain,  Trinidad and Tobago
EffectiveNever enforced
ExpiryJune 18, 1982; 42 years ago (1982-06-18)
Signatories
Depositary United Nations

The Protocol to the Agreement to resolve the controversy between Venezuela and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland over the frontier between Venezuela and British Guiana, simply known as the Port of Spain Protocol, is a protocol of the 1966 Geneva Agreement between Guyana and Venezuela and a 12-year moratorium on Venezuela's reclamation of Guayana Esequiba.