Port of Spain Protocol
| Protocol to the Agreement to resolve the controversy between Venezuela and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland over the frontier between Venezuela and British Guiana | |
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Map of Essequibo; The area lined in orange constitutes the area claimed by Venezuela. | |
| Type | Procedural and supplementary treaty to another international treaty. |
| Drafted | March-June 1970 |
| Signed | June 18, 1970 |
| Location | Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago |
| Effective | Never enforced |
| Expiry | June 18, 1982 |
| Signatories | |
| Depositary | United Nations |
| Essequibo conflict |
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| History |
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The Protocol to the Agreement to resolve the controversy between Venezuela and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland over the frontier between Venezuela and British Guiana, simply known as the Port of Spain Protocol, is a protocol of the 1966 Geneva Agreement between Guyana and Venezuela and a 12-year moratorium on Venezuela's reclamation of Guayana Esequiba.