Foreign relations of Nicaragua

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Nicaragua pursues an independent foreign policy. A participant of the Central American Security Commission (CASC), 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 America Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI).

Nicaragua maintains relations with the Republic of China instead of the People's Republic of China.

[edit] International Disputes

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; Nicaragua is sovereign over the Rio San Juan, and by treaty Costa Rica has the right to navigate over part of the river with 'objects of commerce'. A dispute emerged when Costa Rica tried to navigate with armed members of its security forces.