CONSIDERING:

(A) The Tribunal’s communication of 8 June 2010, postponing the previously scheduled preliminary conference until further notice;

(B) The Claimant’s communication of 20 November 2013, referring to a judgment of the Court of Appeal of Belize in which it, inter alia, discharged the anti-arbitration injunction against the Claimant; and the Claimant’s communication of 16 December 2013 requesting that the Tribunal schedule a procedural meeting with the Parties in order to determine the further steps in these arbitration proceedings;

(C) The Respondent’s communication of 17 December 2013, indicating that in light of the judgment of the Court of Appeal of Belize, the Respondent has decided to participate in these arbitration proceedings and advising the Tribunal and the Claimant of the counsel retained by the Respondent to represent it;