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September 15, 1821
Guatemala declared independence from Spain
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OCTOBER 17, 1856
The United States and the United Kingdom sign the Dallas-Clarendon Treaty to affirm US and British interests in Central America
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April 30, 1859
Guatemala and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Aycinena-Wyke relative to the boundaries of British Honduras
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Guatemala and Belize establish diplomatic relations, and Guatemala recognizes the independence and sovereignty of the State of Belize
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February 7, 2001
Belize and Guatemala meeting
Press Release English | Español
Panel of Facilitators English | Español
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- 2002
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- 2003
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February 7, 2003
Belize and Guatemala sign an Agreement to Establish a Transition Process and Confidence Building Measures
Agreement to Establish a Transition Process and Confidence Building Measures, February 7, 2003
English | EspañolPress release English | Español
The Group of Friends of Belize and Guatemala is created under the Confidence Building Measures Agreement
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February 12, 2003
A resolution is presented by the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States supporting a pacific solution to the Belize-Guatemala territorial differendum
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- 2004
- 2005
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September 7, 2005
Meeting of the Group of Friends of Belize and Guatemala
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- 2006
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December 12, 2006
Meeting of the Group of Friends of Belize and Guatemala
- 2007
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December 17, 2007
Guatemala Accepts the Secretary General’s Recommendation to submit the dispute to the International Court of Justice
- 2008
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April 21, 2008
The Santa Rosa Community Resettlement Project concludes
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May 29, 2008
Belize accepts the Secretary General’s Recommendation to submit the dispute to the International Court of Justice
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June 16, 2008
The new Guatemalan Government reaffirms its acceptance of the Secretary General’s recommendations
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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.”
Joint Declaration, December 8, 2008 English | Español
Speech of the Secretary General of the OAS, José Miguel Insulza, at the Signing of the Special Agreement English
“Special Agreement between Guatemala and Belize to submit the territorial, insular and maritime claim of Guatemala to the International Court of Justice.” (December 2008) English | Español
Guatemala and Belize sign historic agreement on territorial differendum English | Español
- 2009
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December 8, 2009
A Technical Meeting between Belize and Guatemala takes place in Santa Elena, Guatemala
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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
- 2010
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March 9, 2010
The First Meeting of the High Level Working Group takes place in Belize City, Belize
- 2011
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May 5, 2011
Meeting of the Group of Friends of Belize and Guatemala
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November 28, 2011
A Ministerial Meeting is held between Belize and Guatemala at OAS Headquarters
- 2012
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JANUARY 25, 2012
The Foreign Minister and Defense Minster of Guatemala visit the OAS Adjacency Zone Office
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April 27, 2012
Delegations from Belize and Guatemala meet with the Secretary General of the OAS to establish the date for the simultaneous referenda
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October 13, 2012
The Canadian Minister of State of Foreign Affairs (Americas and Consular Affairs) visits the OAS Adjacency Zone Office
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October 22, 2012
Belize and Guatemala present their Information Campaign Strategies to the Group of Friends
- 2013
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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
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MARCH 4, 2013
Uruguay Becomes a Member of the Group of Friends of Belize and Guatemala
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MARCH 17, 2013
A Vice-Ministerial Meeting between Belize and Guatemala is held at the Headquarters of the OAS to discuss the future of the October 6th simultaneous referendum to take the dispute to the ICJ
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MARCH 30, 2013
Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Belize and Guatemala Agree on Next Steps in Negotiation Process
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OCTOBER 14, 2013
Inter-Parliamentary Meeting between Belize and Guatemala
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JANUARY 17, 2014
High Level Meeting at the Deputy Foreign Minister Level
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.
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February 10 and 11, 2014
First Meeting of the Belize-Guatemala Joint Commission
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MARCH 30, 2014
Joint Belize-Guatemala Press Release
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.
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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.
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DECEMBER 8, 2014
The European Union becomes a member of the Group of Friends of Belize and Guatemala
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- 2015
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MAY 25, 2015
Belize and Guatemala sign Protocol to Special Agreement, Guatemala City
Protocol to Amend the Special Agreement, May 25, 2015 English And Spanish
- 2016
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JANUARY 22, 2016
The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Belize and Guatemala meet at the OAS/AZ Office
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APRIL 19-21, 2016
OAS Secretary General Visits Belize
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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
- 2017
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MARCH 15-16, 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.
- 2018
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February 12, 2018
The OAS Secretary General appoints a new Representative for Belize-Guatemala Affairs Washington Abdala
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March 14, 2018
Reactivation of the Belize – Guatemala Joint Commission as established under the Framework Agreement on Confidence Building Measures of 2005
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June 5, 2018
Meeting of the Group of Friends of Belize and Guatemala
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September 15, 2018
The OAS Secretary General appoints new Director for the Belize-Guatemala Adjacency Zone Office
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April 15, 2018
Guatemala held its referendum in which the population agreed to submit the claim against Belize to the International Court of Justice (ICJ)
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May 8, 2019
Belizeans voted in favor of settling the long-standing territorial dispute between Belize and Guatemala in the ICJ
