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Foreign relations of Nicaragua

Résumé
Nicaragua pursues an independent foreign policy. A participant of the Central American Security Commission (CSC), Nicaragua also has taken a leading role in pressing for regional demilitarization and peaceful settlement of disputes within states in the region. Nicaragua has submitted three territorial disputes, one with Honduras, another with Colombia, and the third with Costa Rica to the International Court of Justice for resolution. At the 1994 Summit of the Americas, Nicaragua joined six Central American neighbors in signing the Alliance for Sustainable Development, known as the Conjunta Centroamerica-USA or CONCAUSA, to promote sustainable economic development in the region. Nicaragua belongs to the United Nations and several specialized and related agencies, including: World Bank International Monetary Fund (IMF) World Trade Organization (WTO) UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Health Organization (WHO) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) International Labour Organization (ILO) UN Human Rights Commission (UNHRC) Organization of American States (OAS) Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) International Atomic Energy Commission (IAEA) Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Central American Common Market (CACM) Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI). Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas (ALBA) Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Association of Caribbean States (ACS) Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) Latin American Economic System (SELA) Central American Integration System (SICA) Territorial disputes of Nicaragua Territorial disputes with Colombia over the Archipelago de San Andres y Providencia and Quita Sueno Bank with respect to the maritime boundary question in the Golfo de Fonseca. The ICJ referred to the line determined by the 1900 Honduras-Nicaragua Mixed Boundary Commission and advised that some tripartite resolution among El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua likely would be required; Maritime boundary dispute with Honduras in the Caribbean Sea.
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