Shoman said that the Confidence Building Measures have a period of one year. It can be renewed automatically once one of the governments requests, two months prior to its expiration date, that they should be renewed.

Haylock, on behalf of the UDP, said that they are aspiring for an early solution for the territorial referendum, which means that they would be meeting on regular basis, which should not exceed forty-five days.

Those in the Santa Rosa area, in the territory of Belize, which has a declining population, who may want to return to Guatemala, will be able to do so with the assistance of the OAS.

These agreements are binding, in the case of a change of administration; the new government will have to abide by them.

The Belize Guatemala Commission has decided to have another meeting by Monday, October 31.

A Ministry of Foreign Affairs press release, dated Wed., September 7, 2005, follows: