Tag: UN

$117M project to reduce adolescent pregnancies in Guyana

$117M project to reduce adolescent pregnancies in Guyana

- June 7, 2019

─ govt aims for 10% reduction in adolescent pregnancies by 2022  ─ Indigenous communities record highest percentage of teenage pregnancies ... Read More

First World Food Safety Day!

First World Food Safety Day!

- June 7, 2019

─ June 7 officially declared World Food Safety Day ─ declaration made mere weeks after Passage of Food Safety Bill ... Read More

Guyana tests readiness for Voluntary National Review

Guyana tests readiness for Voluntary National Review

- March 18, 2019

DPI, Guyana, Monday, March 18, 2019 As Guyana prepares to undertake a Voluntary National Review (VNR) later this year, the ... Read More

UN General Assembly offers opportunity for engagement with Secretary-General on border controversy – Min. Greenidge

UN General Assembly offers opportunity for engagement with Secretary-General on border controversy – Min. Greenidge

- September 10, 2018

─ several bilateral meetings to be hosted on sidelines of UNGA 73 ─ President Granger will not attend UNGA 73 ... Read More

Min. Greenidge rubbishes social commentary that Guyana is being used by US in war plot against Venezuela

Min. Greenidge rubbishes social commentary that Guyana is being used by US in war plot against Venezuela

- August 30, 2018

─ Guyana and ExxonMobil have not claimed any land or waters in Venezuela's acknowledged territory ─ Marxist theory not applicable ... Read More

United Nations – The Secretary General Message on the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples 

United Nations – The Secretary General Message on the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples 

- August 9, 2018

9 August 2018 Indigenous peoples have a profound spiritual connection to their lands and resources.  Yet, increasingly, indigenous persons are ... Read More

Changing climate requires robust agriculture sector

Changing climate requires robust agriculture sector

- June 19, 2018

DPI, Guyana, Tuesday, June 19, 2018 The Office of Climate Change (OCC) is working with the United Nations Food and ... Read More

Message of His Excellency Brigadier David Granger President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana on the occasion of World Environment Day 2018

Message of His Excellency Brigadier David Granger President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana on the occasion of World Environment Day 2018

- June 5, 2018

Beating plastic pollution The Cooperative Republic of Guyana joins with the rest of the world in observing World Environment Day ... Read More

Venezuela’s claim is a legal matter – Ambassador Cedric Joseph

Venezuela’s claim is a legal matter – Ambassador Cedric Joseph

- February 2, 2018

DPI, GUYANA, Friday, February 2, 2018 Ambassador Cedric Joseph said Venezuela has to advance legal arguments to establish a case ... Read More