Category: Speeches
President Ali’s statement on the passing of Sir Lester Bryan Bird, Former Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda
Sir Lester was a good friend of Guyana and the Guyanese people. He stood firmly and consistently with us in defence of our sovereignty and territorial integrity, raising his considerable voice in the UN, the Commonwealth and other hemispheric fo [...]
President Ali’s address on the First Anniversary of his Presidency
My Fellow Guyanese,
A year ago today, we, the people of Guyana, celebrated the recovery of our democratic rights.
With the support of every well-thinking nation in the world, we stopped a force determined to steal the March General and Regiona [...]
President Ali’s message on Emancipation Day 2021
Heirs of their Struggles and Sacrifices
I extend greetings to all Guyanese on the occasion of Emancipation Day 2021.
I am gratified to belong to a country that honours and celebrates its ethnic diversity and which on this occasion gladly embra [...]
President Ali’s message on the occasion of CARICOM Day 2021
Today marks the 48th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty Establishing the Caribbean Community. This year also marks twenty years since the adoption of the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas, Establishing the Caribbean Community Including the CARICOM [...]
President Ali’s statement on the reckless claims made by Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon regarding the Sputnik V vaccine
I would like to take this opportunity to update the Guyanese population on a statement I regard as very reckless, immature and one that only seeks to derive political gains.
Whilst I am sure that if one is to examine the statement by Mr Har [...]
President Ali’s keynote address to the 10th Caribbean Urban Forum
Mr. Chairman
Distinguished Leaders
Practitioners
Participants
Distinguished guests
Ladies and gentlemen
I am extremely honoured and delighted to be provided with the opportunity to deliver the keynote address at this auspicious and [...]
Address by President Ali to the UN High-Level Meeting on HIV
Secretary-General;
Distinguish Heads of State;
Other Distinguish Delegates;
When my country launched its HIV National Strategic Plan 2021-2025, we re-committed to the UNAIDS Global AIDS Strategy, which aspires to end AIDS as a public health [...]
President Ali’s remarks at the Opening of the SAIPEM Guyana Offshore Construction Facility
H. E. Dr. Irfaan Ali: Directors, Managers of Saipem, Mr. Alister of Exxon, members of the Private Sector, distinguished ladies and gentlemen. As I speak to you today, I just returned from a very long trip, I came back to be a part of this func [...]
President Ali’s address on the occasion of World Environment Day 2021
Guyana joins the world to observe World Environment Day under the theme ‘Ecosystem Restoration’. Guyana has been in the forefront of protecting the environment, and our country remains one of the most densely forested in the world, with intact [...]
President Ali’s statement on statements made today by Police Service Commission Chairman, Mr Paul Slow
I find it convenient and opportunistic that Mr Paul Slowe would make the accusation that I tried to influence him and the work of the Police Service Commission. This is not only far from the truth, but it is a malicious attempt to change the narrati [...]