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1786
September 15, 1821
October 17, 1856
The United States and the United Kingdom sign the Dallas-Clarendon Treaty to affirm US and British interests in Central America
April 30, 1859
Guatemala and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Aycinena-Wyke relative to the boundaries of British Honduras
August 25, 1931 - August 26, 1931
The United States and the United Kingdom sign the Dallas-Clarendon Treaty to affirm US and British interests in Central America
April 9, 1946
Guatemala declared the definitive legal expiration of the Treaty of Aycinena-Wyke
April 30, 1948
April 30, 1948
1965
Webster’s Mediation Proposal to the United Kingdom and Guatemala
April 29, 1968
December 8, 1975
UNGA resolution 34/32 (XXX) of December 8, 1975
December 8, 1975
UNGA Resolution 32/32 (XXXII) of 1977
December 13, 1978
UNGA Resolution 33/36 of 1978
October 31, 1979
November 21, 1979
UNGA Resolution 34/38 of 1979
September 21, 1981
September 25, 1981
Belize becomes a member of the United Nations
July 09, 1990
1990
Draft General Treaty of Settlement of Land and Maritime Boundaries of Related Matters between Belize and Guatemala
December 20, 1990
OAS Document CP/RES. (839/90) Request of Belize for admission to Membership in the Organization of American States (Resolution adopted on 20 Dec. 1990)
January 8, 1991
August 14, 1991
Guatemala recognizes Belizeans’ right to self-determination
September 5, 1991
Statement of the Government of Guatemala recognizing the Independence of Belize
September 11, 1991
Guatemala and Belize establish diplomatic relations, and Guatemala recognizes the independence and sovereignty of the State of Belize
September 16, 1991
Joint Communiqué of the Governments of Belize and Guatemala
1992
The Constitutional Tribunal of Guatemala recognizes and accepts the legality of the government’s decision to recognize the independence and the sovereignty of the state of Belize
April 3, 1992
Statement by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belize, Said Musa
March 22, 1994
Diplomatic Note from Belize’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dean O. Barrow, to the United Nations Secretary General, Mr. Boutros Boutros-Ghali, responding to Guatemala´s Minister of Foreign Affairs
October 18, 1999
December 14, 1999
May 15, 2000
June 8, 2000
A letter from the Prime Minister of Belize is sent to Guatemala explaining the position of Belize
December 31, 2000
February 6, 2001
February 19, 2001
March 30, 2001
April 25, 2001
April 30, 2001
May 15,2001
May 21-22,2001
July 18, 2001
May 9, 2002
February 7, 2003
The Group of Friends of Belize and Guatemala is created under the Confidence Building Measures Agreement
Download Document | Group of FriendsFebruary 12, 2003
May 30, 2003
June 23, 2003
July 1, 2003
August 25, 2003
October 7, 2003
Decemember 5, 2003
May 3, 2004
February 12, 2004
February 12, 2003
February 12, 2005
November 14-15, 2005
September 26, 2006
December 12, 2006
December 17, 2007
April 21, 2008
May 29, 2008
June 16, 2008
July 29-30, 2008
December 8, 2008
The Foreign Ministers of Belize and Guatemala signed, at OAS headquarters, the “Special Agreement between Guatemala and Belize to submit the territorial, insular and maritime claim of Guatemala to the International Court of Justice.”
Speech of the Secretary General of the OAS, José Miguel Insulza, at the Signing of the Special Agreement
DocumentDecember 8, 2009
December 16-17, 2009
Following a high level meeting between OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza and Foreign Ministers Harold Rodas and Wilfred Elrington, of Guatemala and Belize respectively, the Belize-Guatemala High Level Working Group was created. Its purpose was set to promote a direct and continuous line of communication between both Parties
March 9, 2010
May 5, 2011
January 25, 2012
April 12, 2012
Delegations from Belize and Guatemala meet with the Secretary General of the OAS to establish the date for the simultaneous referenda
October 13, 2012
January 25, 2013
The OAS Secretary General meets with the Foreign Minister of Belize to discuss recent developments in resolving the territorial differendum between Belize and Guatemala
March 4, 2013
March 17, 2013
March 30, 2013
March 30, 2013
April 22, 2013
May 8, 2013
October 12, 2013
October 14, 2013
November 13, 2013
January 17, 2014
Deputy Foreign Ministers of Belize (CEO) and Guatemala meet at the OAS Office in the Adjacency Zone to draft the Road Map Agreement that the respective Foreign Ministers will sign on January 24th at OAS Headquarters with the OAS Secretary General.
January 24, 2014
February 10th, 2014 to February 11, 2014
First Meeting of the Belize-Guatemala Joint Commission Punta Gorda, Belize.
February 28, 2014
March 30, 2014
The Governments of Belize and of Guatemala expressed their deep regret at the death of a Guatemalan national, resident of the village of San Marcos, Municipality of Dolores, Department of Peten, Guatemala that occurred in the Chiquibul Reserve, Belize, in an incident involving the Belize Defence Force.
June 5, 2014
Adoption of Resolution AG/CG/doc. (XLIV-O/14)5 >> REV. 1 Fund for Peace: Peaceful Settlement of Territorial Disputes (Presented by Belize and Guatemala) General Assembly of the OAS Asunción, Paraguay
August 31, 2014
Technical Meetings of the Joint Commission Chaa, Creek, Belize
September 1, 2014 to September 4, 2014
Meeting of the Joint Commission Guacamayas Reserve, Paso Caballos, Guatemala
September 12, 2014 to September 13, 2014
Meeting of the Joint Commission San Pedro, Belize
November 10, 2014
Following the framework of the Road Map Agreement, a Meeting of the Joint Commission took place in Antigua, from the 10th to the 16th of November, 2014.
December 8, 2014
The European Union becomes a member of the Group of Friends of Belize and Guatemala
December 8, 2014 to December 9, 2014
Technical Meeting of the Joint Commission Washington, D.C.
December 10, 2014 to December 12, 2014
Congressional Guatemalan Delegation visits Belize San Pedro, Belize
May 25, 2015
Belize and Guatemala sign Protocol to Special Agreement, Guatemala City
January 22, 2016
The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Belize and Guatemala meet at the OAS/AZ Office
April 19, 2016 April 21, 2016
April 20, 2016
The OAS Secretary General appoints his new Special Representative for Belize-Guatemala Affairs, the first woman to hold this position in the history of the Organization.
March 15, 2017 to March 16, 2017
Secretary General Luis Almagro visited Guatemala and Belize and met with the respective Foreign Ministers, His Excellency Carlos Raúl Morales and the Honorable Wilfred Elrington.
January 31, 2018
March 14, 2018
Reactivation of the Belize – Guatemala Joint Commission as established under the Framework Agreement on Confidence Building Measures of 2005.
June 5, 2018
