Meeting of the High Level Working Group

May 30, 2013
Guatemala City



On May 30, 2013, the Deputy Foreign Ministers of Belize and Guatemala met in Guatemala City with the Special Representative of the Secretary General and agreed on the establishment of additional CBMs, including exchanges between parliamentarians, business people and representatives of the respective media. Likewise, it was agreed that both countries would continue with their sensitization campaigns aimed at educating the public about the history of the differendum and the advantages of submitting the dispute to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for final settlement, as well as with carrying out regular surveys and public opinion polls to monitor electoral trends.