Geneva Agreement (1966)

"Geneva Agreement" redirects here. For the agreement concerning the partition of French Indochina, see 1954 Geneva Conference. For the treaty prohibiting the use of chemical and biological weapons, see Geneva Protocol. For the treaties on humanitarian treatment in war, see Geneva Conventions.

Geneva Agreement
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
Territory in dispute (Essequibo) shown in light green with the rest of Guyana in dark green; Venezuela shown in orange.
Signed17 February 1966[1]
LocationGeneva, Switzerland[1]
Effective17 February 1966[1]
Signatories
Parties
Depositary Secretary-General of the United Nations[1]
Languages
Guyana–Venezuela
territorial dispute
History

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, better known as the Geneva Agreement, is a treaty between Venezuela and the United Kingdom, along with its colony of British Guiana (which would soon receive its independence), that was signed in Geneva, Switzerland, on 17 February 1966. The treaty outlines the steps taken to resolve the controversy between Venezuela and the United Kingdom, arising from Venezuela's contention to the UN in 1962 that the 1899 declaration by the Paris Tribunal of Arbitration awarding the territory to British Guiana was null and void,[2] following the publication of Severo Mallet-Prevost's memorandums and other documents from the tribunal that called the decision into question.[1][3]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Agreement to Resolve the Controversy over the Frontier between Venezuela and British Guiana (Geneva Agreement) | UN Peacemaker" (PDF). Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Award regarding the Boundary between the Colony of British Guiana and the United States of Venezuela" (PDF).
  3. ^ "Guyana-Venezuela: The "controversy" over the arbitral award of 1899". COHA. 11 September 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2016.


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