UN General Assembly
2024

19. Accordingly, Bolivia reaffirms its firm intention to comply with all decisions and rulings issued by international judicial bodies. Along these lines, Bolivia approached the International Court of Justice in The Hague regarding sovereign access to the Pacific Ocean. The Court urged Bolivia and Chile to continue dialogue and exchanges, in a spirit of good neighbourliness, to address matters concerning sovereign access to the Pacific Ocean—a solution that both parties have recognised as a matter of mutual interest. The Court called on both countries to resolve the issue through dialogue in a way that benefits both peoples, with the goal of restoring Bolivia’s sovereign access to the Pacific Ocean, from which it enjoyed access at the time of its declaration of independence, as the Court acknowledged in its ruling. My country is willing to engage in dialogue when our counterpart so decides. We believe the sea is a right of peoples. Mr President,