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* 1981 – Belize is granted full independence from the United Kingdom.
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1981 and Belize
It was declared a British colony and given the name British Honduras in 1871, gaining independence as Belize in 1981.
Guatemala has a longstanding claim to a large portion of Belize ; the territorial dispute caused problems with the United Kingdom and later with Belize following its 1981 independence from the UK.
* Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Belize from the United Kingdom in 1981.
* 1981 – Belize joins the United Nations.
British Honduras for the English and Belice for the Spaniards and Guatemalans gained its independence from Great Britain in 1981 and adopted the name " Belize ", although Guatemala still holds territorial claims over this territory.
Although Guatemalan claims to Belize delayed independence, full independence was granted in 1981.
After Belize achieved independence in 1981 the United Kingdom maintained a deterrent force ( British Forces Belize ) in the country to protect it from invasion by Guatemala ( see Guatemalan claim to Belizean territory ).
Diplomatic relations between Mexico and Belize were established in 1981.
Belize is a member of the Commonwealth and was granted independence from the United Kingdom in 1981.
Sauvé was the first female governor general in Canada's history, and only the second woman amongst all the Commonwealth realms both previous and contemporary to the time to assume the equivalent office, after Elmira Minita Gordon, who was in 1981 appointed Governor-General of Belize.
Belize became fully independent from the United Kingdom in 1981.
: For history prior to 1862 and following 1981, see History of Belize ( 1502-1862 ) and History of Belize # Independence.
Even after Belize became independent in 1981, however, the territorial dispute remained unsettled.
Finally, in November 1980, with Guatemala completely isolated, the UN passed a resolution that demanded the independence of Belize, with all its territory intact, before the next session of the UN in 1981.
Independence came to Belize on 21 September 1981, without reaching an agreement with Guatemala.
In 1981 Belize gained its independence, and Price served as the country's first prime minister and foreign minister until 1984.
* Belize ( formerly British Honduras ) ( 1981 )
Belize was Britain's only colony in Spanish-dominated Central America until self-government in 1964 and gaining full Independence in 1981.
* Belize ( gained independence from UK in 1981 ), was with OCT status
Dame Elmira Minita Gordon, GCMG, GCVO ( born 30 December 1930 ) was Governor General of Belize from its independence in 1981 to 1993.
She was the third female Governor-General in the Commonwealth ( after Dame Minita Gordon of Belize in 1981, and Jeanne Sauvé in Canada in 1984 ).
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