“It is not just about Venezuela, 119 countries that are part of the United Nations Organization do not acknowledge the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice,” reported the president of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro Moros, before the campaign against the nation for maintaining its historical position of not acknowledging the ICJ, for the resolution of the territorial dispute with the Cooperative Republic of Guyana:
“Venezuela has never acknowledged the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice and will not acknowledge it,” said the head of state, reading in detail the list of countries headed by Afghanistan, which includes countries such as Argentina, Algeria, Bahamas, Brazil, Belize, Bolivia and Colombia, among others, “several countries in the Caribbean and South America, we agree on that,” he emphasized.
Likewise, he mentioned other nations such as Chile, the People’s Republic of China, Cuba, Croatia, the Congo, Ecuador, France, and even the Cooperative Republic of Guyana itself, does not recognize the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice, and is located in position number 45 on the list.
