§ Mr. Dubsasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what information he has as to the documentary basis of the Guatemalan claim to Belize; and to how this is formally recorded by Guatemala.
§ Mr. WhitneyThe 1965 Guatemalan constitution, since suspended, asserted Belize to be a part of Guatemala, but the Government of Guatemala have never published the documentary basis for their claim to Belize. Belize is internationally recognised as an independent sovereign nation.