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President Irfaan Ali’s statement at the High-Level Meeting to commemorate the 20th Anniversary of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action

  • Posted: September 22, 2021
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Madame 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 …

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President Ali’s statement to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Moment at the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly

  • Posted: September 20, 2021
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Mr. 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 …

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VI (Sixth) Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC)

  • Posted: September 18, 2021
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Address 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 …

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President Ali’s message on International Day of Democracy 2021

  • Posted: September 15, 2021
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The 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 …

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President Ali’s address on the First Anniversary of his Presidency

  • Posted: August 02, 2021
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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 Regional Elections, and we declared that, never again, shall we countenance in our country any …

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President Ali’s message on Emancipation Day 2021

  • Posted: August 01, 2021
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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 embraces, in unity, our African-Guyanese heritage.  I am especially pleased to be joining all Guyanese …

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President Ali’s message on the occasion of CARICOM Day 2021

  • Posted: July 05, 2021
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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 Single Market and Economy. In the decades that have ensued since July 4, 1973, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) …

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