During U.S. visit… President Ramotar to address UN General Assembly |
Written by Nadine Sanchara |
Thursday, 20 September 2012 21:20 |
PRESIDENT Donald Ramotar will address world leaders at the 67th Session of the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday, September 27 at the UN Headquarters, New York, in the United States (U.S.). Head of the Presidential Secretariat (HPS), Dr. Roger Luncheon made the announcement yesterday, at his post-Cabinet media briefing in Office of the President (OP), Shiv Chanderpaul Drive, Georgetown. He said Guyana’s Head of State will be leaving the country on Sunday, September 23. “During his sojourn, he would be engaged in a wide-ranging round of activities, highlighted, of course, by his address to the world leaders,” Luncheon said. He added that Guyana will serve as Chair of the Economic and Financial Committee of the 67th session. The Assembly elected Guyana's Permanent Representative to the U.N Ambassador George Talbot, to the post by acclamation and he is the first representative of a CARICOM member State to hold the position. “The opportunities that would be presented are enormous for Guyana’s influence at the international arena to be seen and appreciated,” Luncheon observed. He said a major initiative, during the President’s visit abroad, will be the launching of the Diaspora Initiative, which is a web-based survey of Guyanese who would be registered with specific attention paid to their skills. This, Luncheon said, would be the basis for a compilation of the assets that Guyanese Diaspora has at its command, that could be mobilised and, as such, it is anticipated that this information will be used by entities in Guyana, administratively and otherwise, to start planning policies that would explore and exploit them. |