And while Ambassador Leslie is now full time with the PUP, he will be replaced and the public education effort is expected to be stepped up with funding from the Group of Friends of Belize And Guatemala. Elrington said money is already coming through

Jules Vasquez
"Will Belize be receiving funding for its effort for its education and referendum?"

Hon. Wilfred Elrington - Minister of Foreign Affairs, Belize
"We have already been receiving funding for that. As a matter of fact the Europeans, the Americans have already made contributions and will continue to make contributions and we are going to be seeking funding further a field as well. We have been getting contributions continuously from the international community for this process. Unlike Belize and Belizeans really there is no doubt in the minds of the international community, the 193, 194 members of the United Nations, there is no doubt in their minds that the ICJ is the proper place to have this matter resolved. We have a border dispute, we're resolving it in a mature, peaceful, positive way. That is something that the national community is really impressed with and they are in fact doing their best to help us to move the process forward."