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NOTES ON THE ARGYLE AGREEMENT BETWEEN GUYANA   AND  VENEZUELA. DECEMBER 13, 2023. By Dr. Abiola Inniss    No. 8 of the agreement makes Ralph Gonsalves of St Vincent and the Grenadines ,   Rooseveldt Skerrit , and Brazil’s Ignacio Da Silva the substantive interlocutors in the border dispute and relegates the United Nations Secretary General to observer. NO MATTER WHO HOLDS THE OFFICE,it is the effective comptroller of the most powerful and effective internaional diplomatic organization in the world. The United Nations was created after the failed League of Nations following World War 2 for the purpose of instititionalizing diplomatic relations among nations.     Can these individuals who have temporary political office, and in the case of Gonsalves no real international diplomatic influence hold Venezuela to account?     HOW IS THIS A WIN FOR GUYANA ?           This agreement weakens the diplomatic leverage that Guyana held one day ago and places Venezuela where it wants to be