New UN envoy appointed to help resolve Guyana-Venezuela border controversy/ Naciones Unidas designa a un mediador entre Venezuela y Guyana

Norman Girvan’s appointment responds to a request from the parties to resume the Secretary-General’s good offices, which were suspended in 2007 due to the death of Oliver Jackman. Mr. Jackman, a veteran diplomat and jurist, had served since 1999 as the Secretary-General’s Personal Representative on the Border Controversy between Guyana and Venezuela ( full information)/ El secretario general de la ONU, Ban Ki Moon, anunció este miércoles la designación del diplomático jamaicano Norman Girvan como mediador en el conflicto territorial que mantiene enfrentados desde hace décadas a Guyana y Venezuela por la región de Esequibo, cuya soberanía reclama Caracas (información completa)