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Delcy Rodríguez on the Guyana Essequiva cause
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11/9/2023
Venezuela cannot be obliged to a means of solution that it has not given it´s manifestation of will. Delcy Rodriguez, Vice-President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela on defense of the Guyana Essequiva. teleSUR
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where Great Britain handed over the territory of Palestine to Israel.
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And you can see how the territorial dispossession of Palestine has been progressing.
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Very similar to the processes that took place in the Ezequiel territory,
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in the Malvinas case, and other territories in the world,
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where the United Kingdom dispossessed territory and gave it to those who did not belong.
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It is a doctrine, a doctrine that continues to be in contention today,
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because you realize the interest of the United States in this territory that is in controversy,
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and in the sea that is pending delimitation,
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you realize that the interest there are those of the United States.
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And you know that in the Washington Treaty of 1897,
00:45
which was the great political consensus to dispossess Venezuela,
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and which was consummated in the Fuddle and Award of 1899,
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implies that this territory is given to the United States by the Crown.
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They say, "We give it to you," as happens with the energy interests
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that are present primarily in the territory in controversy,
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as well as in the sea to be delimited.
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They are U.S. interests and are primarily Western interests.
01:13
So we are really in the presence of a global war for energy resources.
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There are people who consider that the International Court of Justice is the highest,
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that it is before heaven there is an International Court.
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For some, however, Venezuela considers that the International Court of Justice has no competence.
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They say it has no jurisdictions in this field.
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Even the government has said so.
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So one wonders why Venezuela keeps going to the International Court.
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Since the foundation of the International Court of Justice,
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the position of Venezuela has been very clear as to not recognize the compulsory jurisdiction of the Court.
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Only 70 countries in the world recognize the compulsory jurisdiction,
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that is to say, they recognize the automatic jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice
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to settle matters of international interest.
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In this case, Venezuela has never recognized the compulsory jurisdiction,
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and it has not recognized it precisely because we had the precedent of the fraudulent award of 1899 and this controversy.
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The only way that Venezuela could attend the Court is when it manifests its will to attend the Court.
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The Geneva Agreement is also very important because the Geneva Agreement assumes
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that both parties must agree on the means of settlement of the dispute.
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Both parties must agree on it.
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So much so that every time a good officiant was to be appointed,
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both Guyana and Venezuela had to express its willingness to agree.
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And the last event, which was under the current Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres,
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is that the personal representative that he appoints before raising the matter to the International Court
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in violation of the Geneva Agreement was appointed with the consent and the manifestation of will of both parties.
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Venezuela cannot be obliged to a means of solution that it has not given its manifestation of will.
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So this is an issue that is a historical position in not recognizing the compulsory jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice,
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and that is why it is part of one of the questions of the record.
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