Subject: Re: belize guatemala mexico tricountry point update<br/>
Date: Apr 28, 2001 @ 00:18<br/>
Author: Peter Smaardijk (&quot;Peter Smaardijk&quot; &lt;smaardijk@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-1144720349">--- In BoundaryPoint@y..., michael donner &lt;m@d...&gt; wrote:<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; called in this case the maroni river triangle dispute<br/>
&gt; haha<br/>
&gt; & definitely worth checking out on a map<br/>
&gt; but unlike the brgysr details  the brfrsr details are scarce on <br/>
 </span></blockquote>both the<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; dispute & contingent tripoint<br/>
&gt; so holler if you should find any at all<br/>
&gt; m<br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>Hollering<br/>
<br/>
The Marowini/Marouini triangle was awarded to the Netherlands through <br/>
arbitration by the emperor of Russia in 1891, but it looks like there <br/>
has been some sort of an agreement since (maybe 1900, maybe concluded <br/>
in Basle, the sources are not really clear), that stated otherwise. <br/>
I&#39;m still searching. As you may have guessed, the issue at stake was <br/>
not different from the Upper Courantyne one (which upper branch is <br/>
the main river, since it has been decided the main river is the <br/>
boundary).<br/>
<br/>
According to <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://suriname.esmartweb.com/boedel_d.htm">http://suriname.esmartweb.com/boedel_d.htm</a> , in 1975 <br/>
(independence of Surinam) the Netherlands and France were in <br/>
accordance about the boundary from the confluence of the Marowini (or <br/>
Marowijnekreek in Dutch) and the Litani (called Itany in French) <br/>
northwards, and it was stated by the Dutch p.m. Joop den Uyl: Omtrent <br/>
de grens ten zuiden van de samenvloeiing van de Marowijnekreek en de <br/>
Litani geldt het, blijkens het op 14 november 1975 door delegaties <br/>
van het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden en de Franse Republiek <br/>
ondertekende protocol,door de koninkrijksdelegatie bepleite <br/>
koninkrijksstandpunt, onverminderd hetgeen blijkens dit protocol <br/>
gemeenschappelijk wordt aanbevolen als leidraad voor een te sluiten <br/>
grensverdrag en een verdrag betreffende economische samenwerking <br/>
tussen Suriname en de Franse Republiek. [About the boundary south of <br/>
the confluence of the Marowini and the Litani the protocol, signed by <br/>
the delegacies of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the French <br/>
Republic on november 14, 1975, giving the point of view of the <br/>
Kingdom, notwithstanding that what is recommended jointly by this <br/>
protocol as a guidance for a boundary treaty, and an economic <br/>
cooperation treaty yet to be concluded between Surinam and the French <br/>
Republic, is in force].<br/>
<br/>
This document is a letter of Joop den Uyl to the Surinam government <br/>
describing the boundaries of the colony on the eve of independence, <br/>
which was november 25, 1975.<br/>
<br/>
Peter S.</div>