One seat majority damages Guyana’s moral authority at UN gun talks | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Written by Gary Eleazar |
Wednesday, 20 March 2013 21:21 |
THE Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is currently at the United Nations Headquarters pressing for an Arms Trade Treaty, but the recent negative vote in the National Assembly by the combined political opposition has weakened Guyana’s “moral authority to speak on the issue”. This is according to Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, who yesterday, in an exclusive interview with the Guyana Chronicle, said that the fact that Guyana has been lobbying for the Arms Trade Treaty and has managed to gain significant support on the issue makes the rationale behind the opposition’s negative vote even more questionable. |