Inaugural meeting of Belize-Guatemala Mixed Commission

29 August, 2000 - Belmopan
The inaugural meeting of the recently-established Belize-Guatemala Mixed
Commission for confidence-building measures was held today in Guatemala
City.

His Excellency, Ambassador Rolando Palomo, Advisor in the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs of Guatemala and a member of the Commission of Belize,
welcomed the five Belize members of the Mixed Commission to Guatemala
City and declared the Commission installed.

Commissioners discussed general proposals for future meetings and reached agreement on operational procedures including frequency of meetings, taking decisions by consensus and the use of English and Spanish languages for discussions and documents.

The proceedings were chaired by the Co-Chairs, His Excellency Ambassador
James Murphy for Belize and His Excellency Mr. Haroldo Quej Chen, Secretary of the Environment, for the Republic of Guatemala.

The ten-member Belize-Guatemala Mixed Commission was established at the
Ministerial meeting held between Belize and Guatemala at the OAS headquarters in Washington, D.C. in July of this year.