Tag: UN
$117M project to reduce adolescent pregnancies in Guyana
─ 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!
─ 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
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
─ 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
─ 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 PeoplesÂ
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
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
Beating plastic pollution The Cooperative Republic of Guyana joins with the rest of the world in observing World Environment Day ... Read More
Remarks by the Hon. Raphael G.C Trotman, M.P. Minister of Natural Resources at the Civil Defence Commission Stakeholder Consultation Meeting On the National Oil Spill Contingency Plan.
(March 28, 2018)Â Good morning all and thank you for allowing me this opportunity to share some brief remarks with you, ... Read More
Venezuela’s claim is a legal matter – Ambassador Cedric Joseph
DPI, GUYANA, Friday, February 2, 2018 Ambassador Cedric Joseph said Venezuela has to advance legal arguments to establish a case ... Read More