Statements by the Republic of Guyana,
Chairman of the Group of 77 for 1999
January 2000
November 1999
- Statement by Ms. Alison Drayton, Head of the delegation of Guyana, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, at the special segment of the third session of the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)(Racife, Brazil, 22 November 1999)
- Statement by Ms. Alison Drayton, Head of delegation of Guyana, on behalf of the Group of7 7 and China, at the third session of the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)(Racife, Brazil, 16 November 1999)
- Statement by Mr. Dexter Wilburg of Guyana, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, to the Fourth Committee of the General Assembly, on agenda item 91, Questions relating to Information (New York, 16 November 1999)
- Statement by Ms. Donnette Critchlow, representative of the Republic of Guyana on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, on agenda item 100(B), International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction, before the Second Committee of the General Asembly (New York, 8 November 1999)
- Statement by Ms. Alison Drayton, Head of delegation of Guyana, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, at the Fifth Session of the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (Bonn, Germany, 2 November 1999)
- Statement on behalf of the Group of
77 and China, by Mr. Garfield Barnwell, Delegation of Guyana,
on agenda item 127: "Activities of the Office of Internal
Oversight Services", in the Fifth Committee of the 54th
session of the General Assembly (New York, 2 November 1999)
October 1999
- Statement on behalf of the Group of
77 and China, Mr. Garfield Barnwell, Delegation of Guyana, in
explanation of vote at the plenary meeting of the General Assembly
on the issue of the Development Account under agenda item 119
entitled "Programme budget for the biennium 1998-1999"
(New York, 29 October 1999)
- Statement
by Ambassador S.R. Insanally, Permanent Representative of the
Republic of Guyana to the United Nations, on behalf of the Group
of 77 and China, on agenda item 121: Proposed Programme Budget
for the Biennium 2000-2001, in the Fifth Committee of the fifty-fourth
session of the General Assembly (New York, 27 October 1999)
- Statement
by Ms. Donnette Critchlow, Representative of Guyana, on behalf
of the Group of 77 and China, on agenda items 99 (a), (b), (d),
(e), and (g), before the Second Committee of the 54th Session
of the United Nations General Assembly (New York, 19 October
1999)
- Statement by the Representative of
Guyana, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, on agenda item
124: Pattern of Conferences, before the Fifth Committee at the
54th session of the United Nations General Assembly (New York,
19 October 1999)
- Statement by H. E. Mr. S. R. Insanally,
Ambassador / Permanent Representative of the Republic of Guyana,
Chairman of the Group of 77 on agenda item 125 : Scale of Assessment
for the Apportionment of the Expenses of the United Nations,
before the Fifth Committee of the 54th Session of the United
Nations General Assembly (New York, 18 October 1999)
- Statement by Mr. George Talbot, Representative
of the Republic of Guyana, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China,
on agenda items 101(a): Operational Activities for Development;
and 101(b): Economic and Technical Cooperation among Developing
Countries, before the Second Committee of the 54th Session of
the United Nations General Assembly (New York, 15 October 1999)
- Statement by Mr. George Talbot, Representative
of Guyana, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, on agenda
item 105: Implementation of the First United Nations Decade for
the Eradication of Poverty, before the Second Committee of the
54th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (New York,
12 October 1999)
- Statement by Ms. Sonia Elliott, Representative
of the Republic of Guyana, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China,
on agenda items 109 & 110: Advancement of Women; and Implementation
of the Outcome of the Fourth World Conference on Women, in the
Third Committee of the 54th Session of the United Nations General
Assembly (New York, 11 October 1999)
- Statement by Mr. George Talbot, Representative
of Guyana, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, on agenda
item 97(d): Science and Technology for Development, and agenda
item 97(e): Extenral Debt Crisis and Development, before the
Second Committee of the 54th Session of the General Assembly
(New York, 8 October 1999)
- Statement by Mr. George Talbot, Representative
of Guyana, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, on agenda
item 97(e): External Debt Crisis and Development, before the
Second Committee of the 54th Session of the United Nations General
Assembly (New York, 8 October 1999)
- Statement by H.E. Ambassador S.R.
Insanally, Permanent Representative of Guyana to the United Nations,
Chairman of the Group of 77, in the plenary of the fifty-fourth
session of the General Assembly on agenda item 37: Implementation
of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development (New
York 6 October 1999)
- Statement by H.E. Mr. S.R. Insanally
Ambassador/Permanent Representative of the Republic of Guyana
to the United Nations, Chairman of the Group of 77, in the General
Debate of the Second Committee during the fifty-fourth session
of the General Assembly (New York, 6 October 1999)
- Statement by H.E. Ambassador S.R. Insanally,
Permanent Representative of Guyana to the United Nations, Chairman
of the Group of 77, in the Fifth Committee during the fifty-fourth
session of the UN General Assembly on agenda item 122: Improving
the Financial Situation of the United Nations (New York, 5 October
1999)
- Statement by H.E. Ambassador S.R. Insanally,
Permanent Representative of the Republic of Guyana to the United
Nations, Chairman of the Group of 77, in the plenary of the 54th
session of the General Assembly on agenda item 106: Follow-up
on the International Year of the Older Persons (New York, 4 October
1999)
September 1999
- Statement by H.E. Mr. S.R. Insanally,
Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Republic of Guyana
to the United Nations, Chairman of the Group of 77, at the Ninth
Ministerial Conference of Least Developed Countries (New York,
29 September 1999)
- Address by H.E. Mr. Bharrat Jagdeo,
President of the Republic of Guyana, at the fifty-fourth session
of the UN General Assembly (New York, 24 September 1999)
- Statement by H. E. Mr. Bharrat Jagdeo,
President of the Republic of Guyana, at the Twenty-third Annual
Ministerial Meeting of the Group of 77 (New York, 24 September
1999)
- Statement on behalf of the Group of
77 and China by Mr. Garfield Barnwell, delegate of Guyana on
the organization of work of the Fifth Committee during the main
part of the fifty-fourth General Assembly (New York, 21 September
1999)
- Statement by His Excellency Clement
J. Rohee, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Guyana and Chairman
of the Group of 77, at the opening ceremony of the Ninth Ministerial
Meeting of the Group of 77 preparatory to UNCTAD-X (Marrakesh,
14-16 September 1999)
- Remarks by His Excellency Ambassador
S.R. Insanally, Permanent Representative of Guyana to the United
Nations, Chairman of the Group of 77, at the opening ceremony
of the Senior Officials Meeting on the occasion of the Ninth
Ministerial Meeting of the Group of 77 preparatory to UNCTAD-X
(Marrakech, 13 September 1999)
August 1999
July 1999
June 1999
May 1999
- Statement by Mr. Garfield Barnwell,
representative of Guyana, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China,
at the second resumed 53rd session of the Fifth committee of
the General Assembly, on the Development Account (New York, 21
May 1999)
- Statement by Garfield Barnwell representative
of Guyana on behalf of the Group of 77 and China in repsonse
to remarks by the representative of Germany on behalf of the
European Union on the matter of the scale of assessments (New
York, 10 May 1999)
- Statement by the delegation of Guyana,
on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, at the organizational
session of the second part of the resumed 53rd session of the
Fifth Committee of the General Assembly (New York, 10 May 1999)
- Statement on behalf of the Group of
77 and China by H.E. Ambassador S.R. Insanally, Permanent Representative
of the Republic of Guyana to the United Nations, Chairman of
the Group of 77, before the Ad-Hoc Working Group on Financing
for Development (New York, 4 May 1999)
- Statement on behalf of the Group of
77 and China by H.E. Ambassador S.R. Insanally, Permanent Representative
of the Republic of Guyana to the United Nations, Chairman of
the Group of 77, to the twenty-first session of the Committee
on Information (New York, 3 May 1999)
April 1999
- Statement by the Honourable Bharrat
Jagdeo, Minister of Finance of the Republci of Guyana, before
the first substantive session of the Open-ended Preparatory Committee
of the Group of 77 on the South Summit (New York, 28 April 1999)
- Address by H.E. S.R. Insanally, Ambassador
and Permanent Representative of Guyana to the United Naitons,
Chairman of the Group of 77, at the sixty-first meeting of Ministers
of the Group of 24 (Washington, DC, 26 April 1999)
- Statement by H.E. Mr. S.R. Insanally,
Permanent Representative of the Republic of Guyana to the UN,
Chairman of the Group of 77, on behalf of the Joint Coordinating
Committee (JCC) on the Question of the Millennium Assembly and
the Millennium Summit of the United Nations (A/5/CRP.1) (New
York, 23 April 1999)
- Statement by Alison Drayton, Guyana
delegation, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, at the open-ended
informal consultations of the Plenary on agenda item 30: United
Nations Reform: Measures and Proposals (New York, 14 April 1999)
- Statement by the representative of Guyana
on behalf of the Group of 77 and China on theme No. 8: Interrelationship
between major elements and other related topics, before the Ad
Hoc Working Group on Financing for Development (New York, 8 April
1999)
- Address by Ambassador S.R. Insanally,
Permanent Representative of Guyana to the UN and Chairman of
the Group of 77, at the closing session of the Twenty-sixth Meeting
of the Chairmen/Coordinators of the Group of 77 Chapters (Geneva,
7 April 1999)
- Statement by Mr. George Talbot of Guyana
on behalf of the Group of 77 and China on theme No. 7: Governance
of the international financial, monterary and trade systems,
before the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Financing for Development
(New York, 7 April 1999)
- Opening remarks by H.E. Ambassador
S.R. Insanally, Permanent Representative of Guyana to the UN,
Chairman of the Group of 77 at the Opening Ceremony of the 26th
Meeting of the Chairmen/Coordinators of the Group of 77 Chapters
(Geneva, 6 April 1999)
- Statement by Ambassador June Persaud
of Guyana on behalf of the Group of 77 and China on theme 6:
Innovatie sources of fiancining, before the Ad Hoc Working Group
on Financing for Development (New York, 6 April 1999)
- Statement by H.E. Ambassador June Persaud
of Guyana on behalf of the G-77 and China on Financing for Development
and International Trade before the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working
Group on Financing for Development (New York, 5 April 1999)
March 1999
- Statement by Ambassador June A. Persaud
of the delegation of Guyana on behalf of the Group of 77 and
China on agenda item 3: Preparations of the Special Session of
the General Assembly, in the Commission on Population and Developemnt
acting as the Preparatory Committee for the Special Session of
the General Assembly for the review and appraisal of the implementation
of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on
Population and Development (New York, 24 March 1999)
- Statement by Ambassador S.R. Insanally,
Permanent Representative of Guyana to the United Nations and
Chairman of the Group of 77 on Item 4: External Debt Problem
and Financing for Development, in the informal meeting of the
Ad hoc Open-ended Working Group on Financing for Development
(New York, 19 March 1999)
- Statement by the representative of Guyana
on behalf of the Group of 77 and China before the Fifth Committee
on the issue of Gratis Personnel at the first resumed 53rd session
of the United Nations General Assembly (New York, 19 March 1999)
- Statement by Ambassador S.R. Insanally,
Permanent Representative of the Republic of Guyana and Chairman
of the Group of 77, on item 3: International financial cooperation
for development, in the informal meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended
Working Group on Financing for Development (New York, 18 March
1999)
- Statement by Ambassador S.R. Insanally,
Permanent Representative of Guyana to the United Nations and
Chairman of the Group of 77, on Item 2: Mobilizing International
Private Financial Flows for Development, in the informal meeting
of the Ad hoc Open-ended Working Group on Financing for Development
(New York, 17 March 1999)
- Statement by Ambassador S.R. Insanally,
Permanent Representative of Guyana to the United Nations and
Chairman of the Group of 77, in the informal meeting of the Ad
hoc Open-ended Working Group on Financing for Development (New
York 16 March 1999)
- Statement by the representative of
Guyana on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, before the Fifth
Committee on agenda item 115: Improving the financial situation
of the United Nations, during the first part of the resumed fifty-third
session of the General Assembly (New York, 16 March 1999)
- Statement by the delegation of Guyana
on behalf of the Group of 77 and China at the organizational
session of the first part of the resumed fifty-third session
of the Fifth Committee of teh General Assembly (New York, 8 March
1999)
- Statement by Ms. Alison Drayton of
the Guyana delegation on behalf of the Group of 77 and China
before the Commission on Sustainable Development Inter-sessional
Ad Hoc Working Group on Oceans and Seas and on the Sustainable
Development of Small Island Developing States on agenda item
3: Sustainable development of the Small Island Developing States
(New York, 2 March 1999)
- Statement by Ms. Alison Drayton of
the Guyana delegation on behalf of the Group of 77 and China
before the Commission on Sustainable Development Inter-Sessional
Ad Hoc Working Group on Oceans and Seas and on the Sustainable
Development of Small Island Developing States on agenda item
3: Oceans and Seas (New York, 1 March 1999)
- Statement by Ambassador June Persaud
of the Guyana delegation on behalf of the Group of 77 and China,
at the forty-third session of the Commission on the Status of
Women on agenda item 3(b): Emerging issues, trends and approaches
to issues affecting the situaiton of women or equality between
women and men and on agenda item 4: Initiation of the comprehsnive
review and appraisal of the implementation of the Platform of
Action and preparation for the Special Session of the General
Assembly in the year 2000 (New York, 1 March 1999)
February 1999
- Statement by Ms. Alison Drayton, Guayan
Delegation, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China before the
Commission on Sustainable Development Inter-sessional Ad Hoc
Working Group on Consumption and Production Patterns and on on
Turism under agenda item 4: Tourism (New York, 23 February 1999)
- Statement by Ms. Alison Drayton, Guyana
Delegation, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, before the
Commission on Sustainable Development Inter-sessional Ad Hoc
Working Group on Consumption and Production Patterns and on Tourism
under agenda item 3: Consumption and production patterns (New
York, 22 February 1999)
- Remarks by the Chairman of the Group
of 77 in the plenary of the United Nations General Assembly on
the confirmation of the appointment of the Secretary-General
of UNCTAD (New York, 18 February 1999)
- Statement by Ambassador June Persaud,
Guyana Delegation, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, at
the 37th session of the Commission on Social Development on Agenda
Item 3(a)(ii): "Initiation of the overall review of the
implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social
Development" (New York, 17 February 1999)
- Statement by Ms. Sonia Elliott, Guyana
Delegation, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, before the
Commission for Social Development on agenda item 3(b): Review
of relevant United Nations plans and programmes of action pertaining
to the situation of social groups (New York, 11 February 1999)
- Statement by Ambassador June Persaud,
on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, before the Commission
on Social Development on Agenda Item 3(a)(i):"Follow-up
to the World Summit for Social Development: priority theme: Social
Services for All" (New York, 10 February 1999)
- Statement by H.E. Ambassador S.R. Insanally,
Permanent Representative of Guyana to the UN, Chairman of the
Group of 77, before the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Financing
for Development (New York, 9 February 1999)
January 1999
