Bridgetown, Barbados—(October 5, 2021) His Excellency Dr Irfaan Ali, President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana and the Honourable Mia Amor Mottley, QC, MP, Prime Minister of Barbados, engaged in bilateral discussions on October 4, 2021, at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Conference Centre, Bridgetown, Barbados. They were accompanied by their Ministers and Senior Government officials as well as members …
Read DetailsYour Excellencies Heads of Delegations Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen I am exceedingly pleased to have been afforded the opportunity to deliver the keynote address at today’s launch of The Inaugural Caribbean AgTech Investment Summit 2021 (CATIS 2021). This platform is extremely useful for highlighting the Region’s efforts in promoting the transformation of food production and …
Read DetailsTells CWA2021 region has enough resources to feed itself Georgetown, Guyana—(October 4, 2021) His Excellency Dr Irfaan Ali today said that Guyana will push aggressively for the dismantling of barriers that restrict intra-regional agricultural trade in a bid for the country, and by extension, the Caribbean, to not only attain food security but to also export food. …
Read DetailsChairperson, Your Excellency Dr Carla Barnett, Secretary-General of the CARICOM Secretariat, Heads of Organisations, Heads of Agencies, ladies and gentlemen, especially those fo us in the audience who are farmers and stakeholders in the agriculture sector, giood morning to all of you. Permit me at the very onset to commend the Secretariat, in association with …
Read DetailsAgriculture is on a transformative trajectory The designation of October as Agriculture Month is in recognition of the importance of the sector’s contributions to the country’s economy, and its critical role in guaranteeing food security and supporting sustainable livelihoods. Agriculture has long been a mainstay of Guyana’s economy. In 2020, the value of agricultural output …
Read DetailsI welcome the White House’s Global COVID-19 Summit and support its draft targets. In response to the pandemic, Guyana designated the safety of our people as paramount even as it instituted policies to prevent the collapse of the economy. As it awaited the development of and access to a vaccine, my Government prepared a national …
Read DetailsNew York, USA—(September 22, 2021) His Excellency Dr Irfaan Ali today reaffirmed Guyana’s commitment to gaining international reparations for the crime of African enslavement and said that those reparations must go beyond an apology. The Guyanese President made the reaffirmation at a high-level meeting to commemorate the 20th Anniversary of the Durban Declaration and Programme …
Read Details—Calls on ‘big emitters’ to commit to larger cuts in emission at AOSIS Leaders’ Summit New York, USA— (September 22, 2021) His Excellency Dr Irfaan Ali today called for a renewed global effort in the fight against climate change to meet the goal of the Paris Agreement. The Head of State also told the Alliance of Small …
Read DetailsMadame Chair I am pleased to participate in today’s commemoration under the important theme of “Reparations, racial justice and equality for people of African descent”. The Durban Declaration and Programme of Action is a comprehensive, action-oriented document that proposed concrete measures to combat racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance and emphasized that equality and …
Read Details—VP Jagdeo to lead Guyana’s delegation to West African nation in October New York, USA— (September 21, 2021) His Excellency Dr Irfaan Ali and his Ghanaian counterpart, H.E Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo today held fruitful discussions and agreed on greater collaborations. High on the agenda is a visit by a Guyanese delegation led by Vice President, the …
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