Guyana and Venezuela are getting ready to appoint a new representative of the United Nations (UN) to restart negotiations on a border dispute over Essequibo.This is according to the Director General of the Guyanese Foreign Affairs Ministry, Elisabeth Harper.“There has been progress and we hope that we will appoint someone soon.”The “Good Officer” has been in abeyance for two years – since January 2007 – following the death of Barbadian legal expert and veteran diplomat, Oliver Jackman.The new head of the Good Offices process must be a representative of the UN Secretary General.Towards the middle of the nineteenth century, the British Government felt it necessary to demarcate Guyana’s borders. In 1840 a commission was issued to Robert Schomburgk, a German surveyor, geographer and naturalist, authorizing him to survey and mark out the boundaries of British Guiana.It was the intention of that Government,Cheap Jerseys, when the work was completed, to communicate to the Governments of Venezuela and Brazil the views of the British as to the true boundary of the colony, and then to settle by negotiation any details to which these Governments might take objection.In carrying out this commission, Schomburgk personally investigated practically the whole of the country (west of the Essequibo): first, from Barima Point and the Amakura River as far as the confluence of the Acarabisi Creek with the Cuyuni River; later, the whole area stretching west and north between the Essequibo and Cuyuni Rivers.Schomburgk did not discover or invent any new boundaries and took particular care to base his reports from actual exploration and information obtained from the Amerindians, as well as from the evidence of Dutch remains at Barima and on the Cuyuni.He, thus, was able to determine the limits of Dutch possession and the zone from which all trace of Spanish influence was absent.With his reports, Schomburgk submitted maps of his surveys, on which he indicated the line which he would propose to the British Government for adoption. He also called attention to the fact that the British Government might justly claim the whole basin of the Cuyuni and the Yuruari (a tributary of the Cuyuni located in Venezuela),Cheap Jerseys From China Online, on the grounds that the natural boundary of British Guiana included any territory through which flowed rivers, themselves tributaries of the Essequibo.With a view to facilitating the negotiations for the adjustment of the boundary, he proposed that Great Britain should consent to surrender its claim to a more extended frontier inland.It was on this principle that he drew the boundary line which has since become famous as the Schomburgk Line, and which included, therefore,Cheap Jerseys Store, much less territory than that claimed by Great Britain.It was at this period that the discussions with Venezuela about the boundary commenced. The first approach made by the Venezuelan Government was in January 1841 when, in reply to the British announcement of the boundary, it proposed the negotiation of a Treaty of Limits, and expressed a desire that this Treaty should precede the survey and demarcation of the frontier.Later in the year, the Venezuelan Government renewed the proposal for the negotiation of a Treaty and,Cheap NBA Jerseys China, at the same time, protested against Schomburgk’s proceedings in placing boundary posts at certain points.The Venezuelan Government was informed, in reply, that in the opinion of the British, the negotiation of a Boundary Treaty should follow rather than precede the survey operations.The reply added that although Schomburgk had put up certain marks, he was fully aware that the demarcation, as made, was merely a preliminary measure open to future discussions between the two Governments.The Venezuelan Ambassador in London, Fortique, renewed his protests,Cheap Stitched Jerseys, and Lord Aberdeen, then Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, consented in January 1842 to send instructions for the removal of the boundary posts which had been placed by Schomburgk near the Orinoco.However, at the same time, it was distinctly declared that the British Government was not abandoning any portion of its rights over the territory which was formerly held by the Dutch.In 1843, Fortique requested the speedy conclusion of a Treaty to define the boundary between Venezuela and British Guiana. Then in a note of the 31 January 1844, he presented the first formal statement of the Venezuelan claim that the territory of the Republic extended to the Essequibo River. The main grounds on which the claim was based were: Spain was the first discoverer and occupant of the New World; The Spaniards had at an early date ex

The battle for the multi-million dollar estate of executed businessman, Terry Bacchus, is continuing, with Bacchus’s relatives denying claims of removing assets and collecting monies which he had on the night he was gunned down.Further, a Court Marshal has so far been unable to serve a court order on the woman who was first appointed administrator of his estate – Kumarie Ramkellawan— who bore a son for Bacchus five years ago.The High Court on Friday named Bacchus’s common-law wife, Bibi Ally, as co-administrator of the estate, but that order is yet to be served on the other woman. Yesterday, the Court Martial attempted several times to serve the order, but could not find the woman.Anil Nandlall, the lawyer, who is representing Kumarie Ramkellawan, said that he has no problem with Bibi Ally, who has two children for Bacchus, being a joint administrator because at the end of the day, the man’s estate should be divided between his children.According to the lawyer, Bibi Ally, who has two children for Bacchus was separated from Bacchus at the time of his death. But Bibi Ally, in a sworn affidavit said she and Bacchus remained married at the time of his death.Nandlall accused Bacchus’s brothers of unlawfully removing assets from all of the businesses that he owned. But Bacchus’s older brother, Jerry Bacchus, yesterday vehemently denied this claim.He said that since the court appointed Kashir Khan as receiver of the assets, they have had nothing to do with the business. In fact,Cheap Jerseys Wholesale, Jerry Bacchus said that Khan himself placed padlocks on the bond that is located at his mother’s home.He also said that the relatives have been trying to get Khan to close all other businesses,Discount NFL Jerseys, but to no avail. They say business is going on at some locations.Bacchus owned and operated several businesses in the city. These included two stores in the Regent Multiplex Mall and a store on Water Street. He also owned a bond on South Road and operated three stalls in Stabroek Market.On East Coast Demerara, he operated the Double Discount Store,China NFL Jerseys, and 20 stalls in the Mon Repos Market. On the West Coast, he operated a business at 102 Public Road, Anna Catherina, where he lived.There he had a bond and another bond at his mother’s residence.Bacchus’s relatives, including his brothers with whom he conducted business,NFL Jerseys From China, want to secure his assets and hand over management of the estate to his mother and his common-law wife, Bibi Ally, with whom Bacchus had two daughters.While the court battle is ongoing, Bibi Ally claims that the other woman, namely Ramkellawan, with whom Bacchus had a visiting relationship,Cheap World Cup Jerseys, is plundering his estate.Relatives have claimed that three containers of electrical items from one of his stores at Anna Catherina, West Coast Demerara, worth an estimated $50 million, have been removed.Relatives are up in arms over the fact that the receiver has exercised his authority to seal the bond at the home of Bacchus’s mother,Wholesale World Cup Jerseys, while allowing other businesses to operate.Bacchus was gunned down on Water Street on May 22, minutes after he had just left one of his business places.