Your 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 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 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 DetailsMr. Secretary-General, Please accept my Government’s congratulations on the renewal of your term of office and be assured of Guyana’s continued cooperation and support in the execution of your duties. Guyana welcomes the convening of the SDG Moment in order to explore best practices, lessons and opportunities for a resilient post-COVID recovery and ensuring the …
Read DetailsAddress of His Excellency Mohamed Irfaan Ali, President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana His Excellency, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, President of the United Mexican States Fellow Heads of State and other Heads of Delegation, Distinguished delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, I thank His Excellency Andrés Manuel López Obrador for his leadership of the Community over …
Read DetailsThe General Assembly of the United Nations has designated September 15 each year as International Day of Democracy. In proclaiming this ‘Day’, the United Nations affirmed democracy as a universal value, one which is based on the freely expressed will of the people. The Cooperative Republic of Guyana is today pleased to join with the …
Read DetailsMy Fellow Guyanese, As you know, since my Government assumed office last August, we have spared no effort to ensure the reversal of the severe and punitive conditions created by five years of misrule and mismanagement by the APNU/AFC dictatorship. Through our 2020 and 2021 budgets, we removed the Value-Added Tax (VAT) on water and …
Read DetailsAttorney General, Minister Teixeira, DPP, President of the Bar Association, Newly sworn members of the Law Reform Commission, other lawyers, members of the media, let me welcome you to this simple but significant event. Society does not remain static; it is subject to change. The law as a central pillar of civilized societies must therefore …
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