Bolivia-Chile-UN-court-ICJ World court rejects Bolivia’s bid for sea access

The Hague, Oct 1 :The UN’s top court Monday rejected landlocked Bolivia’s bid to force neighbouring Chile to the negotiating table for access to the Pacific Ocean.
“The court by 12 votes to three finds that the Republic of Chile did not undertake a legal obligation to negotiate a sovereign access for the… state of Bolivia,” judge Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf told the Hague-based International Court of Justice.