UN General Assembly
1968

174. The representative of Guyana says that Venezuela is claiming two-thirds of his country’s territory. That is false. It is the Government of Guyana which is clinging illegally to one-seventh of Venezuela territory — stolen from us by the United Kingdom which, at the time, in complicity with the then Government of the United States, sought to make that seizure final by means of a legal farce they called arbitration. 175. Finally, I turn to the accusations of expansionism and aggressive intention levelled at Venezuela by the representative of Guyana. Here, it may be observed that our record is unsullied, a fact to which we shall be proud to call upon our other neighbours to bear witness. 176. Such an indictment of a country which has an unbroken tradition of devotion to peace and respect for international law is so absurd that not even the Government of Guyana itself could believe it.