evidence: A1: The Essequibo is a 61,600-square-mile disputed territory (slightly larger than the U.S. state of Georgia) that is claimed by both Guyana and Venezuela but has been continuously administered and controlled by Guyana since an arbitral award given in Paris in 1899. The area comprises approximately three-quarters of Guyana’s claimed sovereign territory. In 1962, Venezuela repudiated the Paris award, indicating that there were irregularities in the way the award was determined. Because of this, Venezuela and the United Kingdom, in consultation with British Guyana, signed an agreement in Geneva in 1966 in which they agreed that they would seek a peaceful resolution to the territorial dispute. Article V(2) of the Geneva agreement stipulated that no acts or activities taking place while the agreement was in force could lend support or negatively impact the claims of the parties unless they were mutually agreed. It further stated that if the parties could not agree on a means of settlement under the UN Charter, they should refer the matter to "an appropriate international organ" or, if that was not possible, to the secretary general of the United Nations.