The three-day New Global Human Order Conference ended in Georgetown on August 4 with delegates pin-pointing the need for a fresh program giving states much wider scope and responsibility for determining economic reforms.
The Government sponsored conference at Sophia, Georgetown, ended with agreement that a task force be established immediately "to facilitate the review of current initiatives and help develop broad regional and international consensus for a New Global Human Order."
A draft declaration which was prepared by a special committee was put before the participants for discussion and approval. The draft was approved with only minor changes.
The 1996 Georgetown Declaration started with a preamble to the effect that the present international order of globalization and liberalization does not function adequately in the interest of peoples of the world and fosters inequality between the North and the South as well as among the peoples in the South and in the North. It spoke of the need for a New Global Human Order that would ensure people-centered development based on the recognition of national sovereignty, participatory democracy, socio-economic equality and the realization of the social, economic and cultural rights enshrined in the United Nations Charter.
It called for immediate action on a solution to the debt crisis that involves the cancellation of the debt of the least developed countries, a significant increase in transfers of long-term development finance to developing countries by attaining the existing ODA target of 0.75% of GNP, establishment of a fair and equitable trading system, reduction and relaxation of conditions attached to future financial transfers, development of the social sector and the democratization and strengthening of the United Nations.
The conference resolved that a task force should be established immediately and there should be a national, regional, and international campaign to increase awareness of the issues involved and to meet the challenges of the emerging New Global Human Order.
The Ministry of Labour has set up a special desk to investigate claims of racial and other forms of discrimination in employment in the public and private sectors.
The Ministry of Labour said this step was being taken in view of the concerns being expressed with regards to racial discrimination in both the public and private sectors.
The Ministry said the special desk will be manned by labour officers Charlene Parris and Parbattie Singh and they will investigate all claims of discrimination.
Where necessary, the Ministry said the duo will also use the Ministry's legal and moral authority to force a just settlement.
The desk will also issue public reports of its investigations in a bid to enhance public understanding of .the issues.
An advertisement is inviting all those persons who believe that they have suffered from racial and other forms of discrimination to contact the two officers at the Labour Department.
In its guide to good employment policy, the Ministry said that employers should develop programs to enable equal opportunity for all racial groups. It added that employers should adopt an equal opportunity policy and allocate this area of responsibility to a senior manager.
The guide added that the process of application, short-listing, interviewing and selection should not discriminate and that disciplinary action should be checked for possible victimization and the effects of racial abuse and provocation.
Another set of major roadways in Georgetown have been announced for rehabilitation as part of the $750 million program being funded by Central Government. The roads include Durey Lane, Stone Avenue, and Campbell Avenue in Campbelleville, and Pike, Deli and David Streets in Kitty. Central Government had to intervene to carry out needed maintenance and rebuilding of Georgetown's roads since the City Council was not fulfilling its road building responsibilities.
At least five illegal exporters of gold, fingered by the US Commerce Department, are to be questioned by the Director of Public Prosecutions and charges are expected to follow. This development follows the unearthing by the Ministry of Finance of a gold scam last year while it was carrying out another Customs related probe in the United States. It is understood that the activities of the gold smugglers date back to the late 1980s.
Prime Minister Sam Hinds has reported that plans to inject needed capital into the Guyana Electricity Corporation (GEC) through private participation is on schedule. The Government last month decided to invite private investors, local and foreign, to provide funding to earn 60 percent of the new GEC.
The Prime Minister who has responsibilities for GEC noted that the envisaged arrangement is not one where the Government would earn any money, but the funding by the investors would be used to meet the US$150 million needed to turn around the electricity corporation which is riddled with obsolete systems. Only after 1992 were the first sets of new generating equipment installed in the GEC since independence.
The Government has also invested over $1 billion of its resources to bring relief to consumers. By the end of this year an investor/manager is expected to be in place at the Corporation.
A three-day "think-tank" for Guyana's Heads of Mission, Consuls General and Honorary Consuls serving overseas was held on August 7-9 at the Ogle Management Training Center. The forum held under the theme of "Economic Diplomacy for National Reconstruction and Development in a Changing Global Environment", was chaired by Foreign Affairs Minister Clement Rohee. It assessed Guyana's bilateral and multilateral diplomatic activities as well as the country's involvement within regional and international organizations. Discussions were aimed at helping shape Guyana's foreign policy objectives towards the 21st century.
Guyana and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) on August 9 signed two agreements under which US$40.6 million will be channeled to the vital agriculture sector. The accords cover US$38.1 million in soft loans and a US $2.5 million grant, and officials explained that the funds would be used to improve agricultural production and competitiveness. Those signing were Finance Minister Bharrat Jagdeo and the IDB representative in Guyana, Charles Greenwood.
On Sunday August 11 at Bishop's High School in Georgetown, Guyana's heads of missions engaged the public in a four-hour session in which aspects of Guyana's foreign policy were discussed. In an address to the forum, Guyana's Ambassador to the United States, Dr Odeen Ishmael, stated that relations between Guyana and the USA were at their most friendly point despite differences on issues such as the Helms-Burton legislation and the existence of some commercial matters which are currently being addressed.
He cited the re-establishment of the USAID office in Guyana, the reintroduction of the US Peace Corps and the continuation of the PL480 wheat aid program as evidence of enhanced relations.
Guyanese diplomats based at the UN and in London, Brussels, Paramaribo, Caracas, Havana, Beijing, Ottawa and Brasilia also participated in the public discussion.
The authorities are moving to address the issue of crop insurance for farmers in the wake of extensive flooding in Guyana. This was announced by Senior Minister of Agriculture Reepu Daman Persaud during an inspection visit to the West Demerara water conservancy dam which is currently being strengthened. As the flood waters recede in various parts of the country, plans are being put on stream to clear drainage canals, to undertake after flood repairs to damaged structures and implement capital projects to prevent future flooding.
Meanwhile, Guyana has received flood relief assistance from a number of countries including Japan, China and Italy. Groups of international voluntary medical personnel are also currently in Guyana to render assistance in the flood hit areas. The Guyana Government, through the National Relief Council, has been in the forefront in delivering food packages and medical relief to people affected by the flood.
The Guyana Government and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) have sealed a US$120 000 grant deal to strengthen a project preparation unit for the new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Guyana.
The grant from the IDB Swiss Fund for Technical Cooperation and Small Projects will be used to hire senior environmental and finance advisors for the unit.
This has been established under the responsibility of the President's Advisor on Environment, Science and Technology, Mr Navin Chandarpal.
The statement said it will support the Government's efforts to identify and develop priority environmental areas for EPA involvement and to establish the Agency's administrative, accounting and financial procedures.
Two short-term consultants will also be hired to help analyze priority actions to counter possible undesirable environmental impacts of undergoing natural resource policy development. Special attention will be given to the forestry and mining sectors.
A final report on land use in Guyana has been submitted to Prime Minister Sam Hinds.
In a statement, the National Steering Committee, which spearheaded the effort, said the final document included comments and views expressed at a national consultation on the issue.
The submission to Mr Hinds on August 16 followed the national consultation on May 13 and 14 in Georgetown and the final meeting of the committee, which comprised five partners.
These were the Government of Guyana, the University of Guyana, the Guyana Environmental Monitoring and Conservation Organization, the World Resources Institute and the Carter Center.
It involved a cross-section of political representatives, agencies, non-governmental organizations, industry and academia.
The project, first conceived in 1993, got under way in August, 1995 and the committee subsequently made a draft baseline document available to the public.
During the month of August about $104M more was expected to be spent by the National Disaster Relief Committee (NDRC) on food and medical supplies to flood -affected communities in all ten regions of the country.
Funding for the relief efforts is being made possible through central Government's intervention and donor agencies, both local and foreign.
Head of the NDRC, Dr Roger Luncheon made it clear that emphasis is being placed on accountability.
The Organization of American States and the Caribbean Emergency Disaster Relief Agency are soon to provide technical support in the monitoring and distribution of supplies destined for the targeted communities.
Special communications equipment have also been purchased to ensure that this is done.
Meanwhile, the Cabinet- established inter-agency body set up to work on the rehabilitation and revitalization of the local economies has commenced its activities.
Efforts have already been made to acquire seeds and fertilizers. Both Government and private sector bodies have been meeting with banks to make arrangements for indebted farmers.
Latest reports indicate that flood waters have been receding in the hinterland communities, but in certain areas along the coast where rainfall continues, water levels are said to be subsiding very slowly. Relief efforts are targeted to continue through to the end of September.
The Guyana Electricity Corporation (GEC) plans to spend some $3M on routine maintenance and repairs on its transmission and distribution system.
Contracts for the maintenance program were recently signed by the corporation and officials of the three local engineering firms, the GEC said in a statement.
The rehabilitation program, the first phase of an ongoing exercise to totally refurbish the Georgetown electricity system, was to commence on August 19.
All defective electricity poles, electrical hardware and other structures within the city's transmission and distribution system will be replaced under the scheme. The city has been divided into 14 zones to ensure the maintenance project is orderly and systematic.
Rice industry operators are worried about a shortage of overseas buyers for the current harvest, which some fear may trigger cuts in prices for the grain.
Officer of the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB), Mr Walter Matadial said that buyers are not signing contracts with local millers and the situation does not look "too good" at the moment.
The hold-off by the purchasers, mostly from Europe, is linked to good production in Spain, and deals were signed earlier for grain produced last crop.
Another official of the Guyana Rice Millers/Exporters Development Association also expressed concern about the delays, which he explained could create some pressure on prices.
At mid-year, rice exports totaled 123, 546 tonnes valued at US$46.4M and accounting for 56.2 per cent of the 1996 target.
GRDB reported that "this is of significance, since the latter half, especially the last quarter of the year, usually registers the largest volume of exports."
Harvesting of this year's second crop (170,666 acres) has begun in Essequibo, a main producing area, where 1, 500 acres have so far been reaped.
Some 15,000 acres of the crop have been lost in floods, which have swept through nine of the country's ten administrative regions over the past two months.
Italy has contributed US$78, 000 through the United Nations to the flood relief scheme in Guyana. The UNDP is coordinating the international response to the Guyana Government request for aid to help it deal with the impact of floods which have wreaked havoc in many farming and other communities around the country.
Some 35,000 people have been affected and Mr Andrea Tamagnini, UNDP Deputy Resident Representative, said that UNDP would be identifying ways in which the Italian contribution will be used.. China also donated US$55,000 to the flood relief program.
Fifteen new water pumps have just been installed by the Guyana Water Authority (GUYWA).
The pumps are located from Henrietta, on the Essequibo Coast to Crabwood Creek , Upper Corentyne, Berbice. GUYWA's Public Relations Officer, Mr Daniel Singh, has indicated that the fifteen new pumps were installed and will soon be put into full working order to take relief to many communities.
GUYWA is expected to install about 165 new pumps across the country and replace over 2,800 miles of pipelines. Meanwhile, two top GUYWA officials continue their tours of various communities for a hands-on-feel of the water situation and to meet with local Government officials.
Officials were optimistic that interest in six major state companies on sale will pick up after two days of talks with businessmen.
The Executive Secretary of the Privatization Unit was due to leave the country to start a regional sales campaign in Jamaica, Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago for the entities, which fetch a total market value of G$11.3B.
For sale are the National Edible Oil Company (NEOCOL), Guyana Stock Feeds Limited (GFSL), Guyana Cooperative Insurance Scheme (GCIS), Guyana National Printers Limited (GNPL), Guyana Stores Limited (GSL) and the National Bank of Industry and Commerce Limited (NBIC).
Broken Hill Proprietary (BHP) Minerals International, a business division of BHP company, Melbourne, Australia, recently clinched a deal for a geological and geographical survey on about 2.5 million acres of state lands in Guyana.
BHP, following a study of the available geographical literature, believes there are excellent possibilities for commercial deposits of a variety of minerals including ore, gold and base metals, officials explained at the signing ceremony.
The BHP joint venture with the Canadian Golden Star Resources firm will run for 24 months, after which the areas will be reduced to half the size.
Initial exploration of the sites, estimated to cost about US$500,000, will consist of regional geochemical sampling and airborne magnetic surveying. The survey will be undertaken on three non-connected parcels in the northwest and east-central Guyana.
Private operators in the gold industry will soon be allowed to export gold. Currently, only the Guyana Gold Board can export the precious mineral.
Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr Roger Luncheon, announced Cabinet's decision to demonopolize the gold export sector.
Dr Luncheon noted that currently work is on stream to develop the criterion by which persons and firms can export gold "in tandem" with the Guyana Gold Board. There are expected to be about 12 gold exporters to whom licenses will be granted.
This decision comes as the investigation into the billion-dollar gold smuggling scam continues between local and foreign law enforcement agencies. The decision to liberalize the gold export sector is also expected to clamp down on incidents of gold smuggling.
The Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association, in lobbying for private establishments to be granted permission to export gold, argued that this move would help to drastically reduce the extent of gold smuggling.
Another category of personnel in the education sector will have their wages upgraded. Secretary to the Cabinet, Dr Roger Luncheon, said officers who supervise teachers and Head Teachers will now fall under the Teaching Service Commission instead of the Public Service Commission, under whose jurisdiction they were previously under.
The decision was taken after an anomaly was detected in their wages whereby those being supervised were taking home more pay than the supervisors.
The transfer is expected to lead to the supervisors, which include Regional Education Officers, having their salaries increased.
To ensure that adequate and qualified persons are retained in the teaching profession, Government has increased the wages of teachers by over 150%. Concurrently, efforts are being made to enhance their working conditions.
The Government has signed a $38.5 million contract for the extension of the Customs Baggage Claim area at Timehri International Airport.
The contractor is expected to expand the area by some 9,000 square feet and will increase the number of Customs counters and Customs areas and install a new conveyor belt system capable of handling two international passenger flights simultaneously.
When the expansion is completed, it is expected that incoming passengers will be processed at a rate of 350 per hour.
This is only the latest in a series of renovation and extension measures aimed at improving services at Timehri. So far the main roof has been repaired, the Presidential, VIP and Executive Lounges have been improved, and electrical cables have been laid to enhance the runway lighting system.
The contractor, Kisan Bacchus, was earlier awarded the $280 million contract for extension of the out-going passenger area at the airport and the Ministry said the rate of progress on that project is quite satisfactory, with construction approximately now six weeks ahead of schedule.
The house-to-house registration, which is said to be experiencing a minimal shortfall, has been further boosted.
Three District Registrars received keys to three new vehicles by the Elections Commission. The registrars are responsible for Essequibo Coast, Georgetown/Mahaica and East Berbice.
The non-existence of reliable transportation affected the mobility of the Deputy Registrars in servicing the various districts and communicating with enumerators.
Meanwhile, efforts are continuing to ensure that the cameras arrive in time to complete the second phase of registration.
Dredging began on August 12 of the critical ship's channel in the Demerara River. The operation by Transport and Harbours Department (T&HD), motor dredge, swung into full gear following the convening in July of a special committee to map out an urgent plan to dredge the mouths of the Demerara and other main rivers.
The group comprised top T&HD officials and representatives from several shipping companies.
The issue of urgently desilting the mouths of several key rivers was discussed as a priority during a Cabinet meeting, and is part of the plan to drain flood waters wreaking havoc in many areas off the land faster.
Officials said heavy silting at the mouth of the Demerara River was posing severe problems for shipping. Other outfalls which have been identified for urgent attention are Essequibo, Berbice and coastal exit points of Mahaica, Mahaicony, Abary, Pomeroon and Canje rivers.
Recently, temporary dredging was done in the Demerara and Essequibo channels.
To ensure no heavy silting takes place in the ship's channel, the T&HD will seek to get assistance to conduct dredging every month for two weeks.
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First Lady Janet Jagan returned home recently from Trinidad after medical treatment at the Mount Hope hospital complex there. Arriving with her was President Cheddi Jagan who flew over to be with his wife. Mrs Jagan was hospitalized a few weeks ago after developing complications while being treated for feverish condition.
The Sugar Industry Labour Welfare Fund Committee (SILWFC) began distributing house lots to
some 112 sugar workers in the Enterprise community. This distribution of the house lots is part
of the Guyana Sugar Corporation program of providing affordable housing for its employees.
The SILWFC also assists the industry workers through the provision of loans for home
construction.
The United States Agency for International Development has agreed to fund the training of
local lay magistrates. The training of lay magistrates is part of the Government's program to
reduce the backlog of thousands of court cases that date back to the 1970s. Persons have
already applied for the positions and an initial group is about to be selected for training. The
judiciary is expected to use this first batch of lay magistrates, to be based in Georgetown, as a
pilot scheme. The program is then expected to be replicated in other regions across the
country.
The Region Two administration began spending the $2.3M allocated for the development of new
housing schemes across the region. Six new housing schemes have been earmarked for
development and work has commenced on all. The new housing schemes are located at Anna
Regina, Redlock, Lima Sands, Suddie, Pomona and Charity. The type of development activities
include the construction and backfilling of heavy-duty bridges, carrying out of cadastral surveys;
digging of drains and building of needed access ways.
Residents of Buse's Lust/Highbury, East Bank Berbice recently did major self-help work in
their communities. Scores of residents turned out in large numbers, and with the assistance of
a Hymac, desilted approximately 250 rods of residential street drains. Another 50 rods of the
main facade canal linking the public road trench and the residential drainage network were
also unclogged. The Plegt Anchor facade Canal will also be rehabilitated by the drainage and
irrigation authorities.
The Government recently signed two contracts for rehabilitation of sea defenses in the
Corentyne area which have suffered breaches in 1993 and 1994. The two contracts are worth
$340 million and were entered into by the Government with Guyana Construction Company for
the Nos. 77, 78 and 79 Villages.
An official delegation from the Ministry of Works and the Transport & Harbours Department
visited the site where a major self-propelled barge is being constructed for traffic between
Parika and the Essequibo Coast. The barge is being constructed by Courtney Benn
contractors and will be larger than those currently in service.
The Adult Education Association of Guyana recently launched the Vreed-en-Hoop branch of its
Computer Training Program. The Adult Education Association added computer training to its
Adult Learning Programs in October 1994 and has trained about 250 persons since that time.
The expansion of computer training into Region Three, as part of an outreach program, is a
consequence of help from Queens Project on International Development, an arm of Queens
University, Canada.
The Cabinet Sub-committee on Education has prepared a draft list of guidelines for private
participation in the education sector. With a recent boom in the economy and higher
earnings, many parents are now opting for private schools with the hope that their children
will be better educated. As a result, there has been a proliferation of interest in the
establishment of private schools. Education Minister Dr Dale Bisnauth stressed that the
Government's acquiescence to private schools does not mean that it will lessen its attention to
the education sector.
A new electrical pump of 50 horse power is being installed at Bush Lot, West Coast Berbice.
The pump is intended to serve up to Lovely Lass Village to the west and as far east as Fort
Wellington, including the entire village of Hopetown as well. The full benefits of the pump will
be realized with the completion of a new network of pipelines in the village and environs. A
similar pump is being installed at the well at Willemstad, about eight miles east of Bush Lot. On
its completion residents between Bath Settlement and Cotton Tree Villages will enjoy the
benefits of a flow almost twice as powerful as received previously.
Residents of New Haven, Belvoir Court and surrounding communities in Georgetown will
benefit from improved water supply soon. Water mains repairmen are laying 350 feet of
eight-inch PVC pipeline on the New Haven main road, to replace old three-inch asbestos
cement pipes. Residents in these areas have for years been suffering from inadequate water
supply caused mainly by an undersized main. This project is part of the Georgetown Sewerage
and Water Commissioners Remedial Maintenance Program now under way in Georgetown.
Wartsila officials reported that work on the new 11-megawatt Wartsila Power Station at Garden
of Eden, East Bank Demerara, is moving according to schedule and the station should be ready
for commercial operation by October.
Rice farmers on the Essequibo Coast are taking advantage of the present boom in the rice
industry which has resulted mainly from improved drainage and irrigation. After more than a
decade, some farmers will be cultivating three crops annually, instead of the traditional two.
In the Apposite area, about 150 acres of rice lands are being prepared with about 400 acres
more expected to be prepared for the historic third crop. Meanwhile, reaping of the current
crop is said to be moving apace on the Essequibo Coast.
Prices for Canadian products are likely to be cut, following the development of direct trading
ties between Guyana and the Province of New Brunswick.
Massive drainage and irrigation works have commenced in the residential sections of
Manchester/Liverpool areas of East Berbice. The projects include: excavation of four
sidelines, two collector drains, 24 territory drains, construction of 24 reinforced concrete
culverts and reinforcement of one concrete self-acting culvert. The project is expected to cost
around $21.3M. To date, approximately 30% of the projected work have already been
completed.
The number of registrants surpassed the 200,000 mark on July 27. Mr Ganga Persaud of the
National Registration Centre reported that from all reports 214,075 persons were registered.
This figure is still below the targeted amount. Mr Persaud noted that the shortfall is no cause for
concern and that by the end of August the center should even off its actual registration numbers
against the targeted amount.
Construction of the second parallel East Coast, Demerara road is to commence on September
1. The road will be constructed on the existing railway line. Already work has started on the
various bridges along the railway line. A contract was signed between the Government of
Guyana and the Dipcon Engineering firm for the construction of this road and the
rehabilitation of the existing East Coast road from Unity to Camp Street.
Two persons have been held by police as investigations continue into a multi-million dollar
travel tax racket at the Timehri International Airport.
An order stating the categories of persons entitled to priority telephone service has been issued
to the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company by the Public Utilities Commission. The
commission explained that the list was compiled after consultations with the company, with
inputs from other interested parties.
The University of Guyana is identifying land at its Turkeyen campus for the headquarters of the
Iwokrama Rainforest Program.
Senior Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Clement Rohee said Guyana's position on the issue of
toxic material being shipped through the Caribbean is not indivisible from that stated by
Jamaican Foreign Minister Mr Seymour Mullings. Mr Mullings restated the Caribbean's
position that the region be declared a nuclear-free zone. A British vessel carrying highly
radioactive material is scheduled to pass through the Caribbean en route to British and
French nuclear processing plants.
The Guyana authorities have been asked to provide evidence which formed the basis for the charge of murder which was laid against Gregory Smith, a former sergeant in
the Guyana Defence Force. The request was reportedly made of the Government through the
French Embassy in Port-of-Spain. When provided, the evidence would be reviewed by a judge in
Cayenne, French Guiana to see if it meets French standards for such a charge. Smith is residing
in Cayenne.
The Guyanese American Association has donated to the Ministry of Education US$2,000 to be
used to assist financially weak fifth form students in meeting their CXC examination costs.
Over $6.5M are being spent to rehabilitate 25 miles of roadways this year in Region One.
Twenty-three miles of the targeted roads are located in Moruca and another two miles in
Mabaruma. Meanwhile, the Moruca Guest House has also been repaired at a cost of $325,000.
The Guest House accommodates children who attend school in Moruka, coming from long
distances.
Road Works in East Berbice are moving apace. 1,520 feet of branch road of No.63, Whim and
Fyrish villages are under rehabilitation. Presently, work is progressing at Philadelphia Street
in New Amsterdam and the critical Mara Road on the East Bank of Berbice.
As part of Government's efforts to make Linden Mining Enterprise (LINMINE) more viable, the health and education services of Linden have now been assumed by central Government.
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