COOPERATION IN THE PREVENTION AND SETTLEMENT OF
MARITIME BOUNDARY DISPUTES AMONG MEMBER STATES IN THE CARIBBEAN REGION
(Adopted at the fourth plenary session held on June
4, 2002)
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
CONVINCED of the importance of the peaceful settlement of disputes
for the peace, security, and well-being of nations;
REAFFIRMING the purposes set forth in the Charter of the Organization
of American States, especially the prevention of possible
causes of difficulties between member states and ensuring the peaceful
settlement of disputes that may arise among them, based on
international law and the treaties in force;
RECOGNIZING the concerted cooperation efforts in the Caribbean region
in the area of maritime boundary delimitation; and
RECALLING the initiative presented by the President of Mexico in July
2001, during the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean
Community, held in Nassau, The Bahamas, with a view to convening a
Conference on Maritime Delimitation in the Caribbean to facilitate
negotiations to define maritime boundaries among the member states of the
Caribbean region,
RESOLVES:
1.
To reaffirm
the commitment of the member states to the peaceful settlement of disputes
that may arise among them.
2.
To take note
of the Conference on Maritime Delimitation in the Caribbean, held in Mexico
City from May 6 to 8, 2002, which is intended to facilitate, mainly through
technical assistance, voluntary negotiations to define maritime boundaries
through agreements among the states listed in Annex I of the Rules of
Procedure of the Conference*, in such a manner as the
Parties may decide freely, on such terms as may be agreed among them and
without any outside interference.
3.
To recognize
the commitment of the states listed in Annex I of the Rules of Procedure of
the Conference* to prevent possible disputes in
defining maritime boundary.
4.
To note that
the states listed in Annex I of the Rules of Procedure of the Conference*
have established, in the context of this Conference, an assistance fund and
a delimitation negotiations registry. Also
to note that the states participating in the conference have registered the
first maritime boundary delimitation negotiation.
5.
To note the
intention of the states listed in Annex I of the Rules of Procedure of the
Conference to continue the efforts that they have initiated
in the context of the Conference.
