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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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President Ali’s keynote address to the 10th Caribbean Urban Forum

  • Posted: June 16, 2021
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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 timely event.  I recall being afforded a similar privilege almost ten years ago, as the then Minister of Housing and Water, of addressing …

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Address by President Ali to the UN High-Level Meeting on HIV

  • Posted: June 10, 2021
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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 threat by 2030. The Government of Guyana is fully committed to providing universal access to prevention, care and treatment for …

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President Ali’s address on the occasion of World Environment Day 2021

  • Posted: June 05, 2021
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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 flora and fauna. We have several hotspots with rich biodiversity supported by protected areas systems. As …

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President Ali’s statement on the passing of Mr Vic Persaud

  • Posted: May 13, 2021
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It is with deep sadness that I just received the news of the passing of Mr Eshwar Vevakanand Persaud, fondly known as Vic Persaud. ‘Uncle Vic’, as he was also adoringly and respectfully referred to, has been an ‘institution’ within the country’s Public Service. He has provided more than sixty (60) unbroken years of exemplary …

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