Venezuela sent an objection to the Commission, rejecting the Guyanese application and warning that Guyana had proposed a limit for its continental shelf including "the territory west of the Essequibo river, which is the subject of a territorial sovereignty dispute under the Geneva Agreement of 1966 and, within this framework, a matter for the good offices of the Secretary-General of the United Nations".
Venezuela sendte derpå en indvending til kommissionen, hvori de afviste Guyanas ansøgning og advarede om, at Guyana havde foreslået en grænse for sin kontinentalsokkel, der inkluderede "territoriet vest for Essequibo-floden, som er genstand for en territorial strid ifølge Genève-aftalen fra 1966 og inden for disse rammer en sag for den ærede generalsekretær i FN."