We Belizeans have come a long way with our burdens and we have reached a point at which we are to make the best decision that will benefit every single soul in this nation. Now that we are coming close to deciding whether we should take the Belize-Guatemala dispute to the International Court of Justice in voting at a referendum, we must first be aware of the benefits and consequences if we win at the ICJ likewise if we lose.
Before talking about why we should or should not take such issue to the International Court of Justice let us see how the dispute came about in the first place. We should learn the facts first before we make our decision so that we make sure that when we vote, we’ll vote for a reason and not just vote because we are asked …show more content…
Two years after negotiations continued and this time Great Britain proposed for cooperation in the economic, defence and foreign affair but still Guatemala insisted on land cession and for the third time Guatemala threatened to invade Belize which lead to a serious reinforcement of British forces in Belize. After Belize realized these negotiations won’t work the Internationalization Campaign was established, which later led to the attainment of Independence in 1981. After Independence, negotiations continued and in 1983 Guatemala reduced the size of territory they demanded. In 1991 Guatemala recognized Belize’s right to self-determination. And a year after Guatemala agreed to accept that any mentioned territories in any agreement, their execution will be made based on existing monument which lead to the overthrowing of President Serrano in …show more content…
In continuation the professor also discussed that the entire area of Belize that Guatemala is claiming is occupied by Belizean inhabitants and not Guatemalans. He said that Belize should have no fear about going to the ICJ because the court will not consider what Guatemala has to argue and when Belize wins the country will be certain that southern Belize is a part of it and the border where the land meet the sea will be known (News5.com,
Before talking about why we should or should not take such issue to the International Court of Justice let us see how the dispute came about in the first place. We should learn the facts first before we make our decision so that we make sure that when we vote, we’ll vote for a reason and not just vote because we are asked …show more content…
Two years after negotiations continued and this time Great Britain proposed for cooperation in the economic, defence and foreign affair but still Guatemala insisted on land cession and for the third time Guatemala threatened to invade Belize which lead to a serious reinforcement of British forces in Belize. After Belize realized these negotiations won’t work the Internationalization Campaign was established, which later led to the attainment of Independence in 1981. After Independence, negotiations continued and in 1983 Guatemala reduced the size of territory they demanded. In 1991 Guatemala recognized Belize’s right to self-determination. And a year after Guatemala agreed to accept that any mentioned territories in any agreement, their execution will be made based on existing monument which lead to the overthrowing of President Serrano in …show more content…
In continuation the professor also discussed that the entire area of Belize that Guatemala is claiming is occupied by Belizean inhabitants and not Guatemalans. He said that Belize should have no fear about going to the ICJ because the court will not consider what Guatemala has to argue and when Belize wins the country will be certain that southern Belize is a part of it and the border where the land meet the sea will be known (News5.com,