UN General Assembly
1975

"Paragraph 3 of the report of the Fourth Committee [Ai22cJ6\ refers to a reservation made by the representative of Guatemala in regard to Belize Territory. On behalf of the delegation of my country and of three other Central American delegations, I take the liberty or making the following statement concerning thai reservation. The delegations of Costa Rica, HI Salvador. Honduras and Nicaragua, considering that the sister Republic of Guatemala has during the present session of the General Assembly declared that it reserves its sovereign rights over Belize Territory, and considering that this is a problem which directly affects the geographical unity of Central America, wish lo record their support of the reservation made by the Guatemalan delegation." 94. The Government of my country has repeatedly attempted to seek a judicial solution to the dispute over Belize. hut its arbitration proposals were rejected by the United Kingdom in 1980 and in 1937 and l be idea of taking the case to the International fours of Justice came to nothing because the parties failed u* agree on the procedure to he followed.