2020 Statements and Speeches
December 2020
- Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Ms. Megayla Austin, Minister Counsellor of the Permanent Mission of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana to the United Nations, at the closing session of the main part of the 75th session of the Fifth Committee of the United Nations General Assembly (New York, 30 December 2020)
- Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by the delegation of Guyana to introduce draft ECOSOC decision titled “Reconsideration of the draft ministerial declaration of the high-level segment of the 2020 session of the Economic and Social Council and the high-level political forum on sustainable development, convened under the auspices of the Council.” (New York, 15 December 2020)
- Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Ms. Sondra Cheong, First Secretary of the Permanent Mission of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana to the United Nations on agenda item 153: Proposed budget for the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals for the year 2021, at the Fifth Committee during the main part of the seventy-fifth session of the United Nations General Assembly (New York, 14 December 2020)
- Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Ms. Sondra Cheong, First Secretary of the Permanent Mission of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana to the United Nations on agenda item 148: United Nations common system at the Fifth Committee during the main part of the seventy-fifth session of the United Nations General Assembly (New York, 10 December 2020)
- Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Ms. Sondra Cheong, First Secretary of the Permanent Mission of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana to the United Nations, on agenda item 141: Proposed programme budget for 2021: Request for a subvention to the Residual Special Court for Sierra Leone, at the main part of Fifth Committee during the seventy- fifth session of United Nations General Assembly (New York, 7 December 2020)
- Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Ms. Megayla Austin, Minister Counsellor of the Permanent Mission of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana to the United Nations on agenda item 141: Proposed programme budget for 2021 – Request for a subvention to the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia at the Fifth Committee during the main part of the seventy-fifth session of the United Nations General Assembly (New York, 7 December 2020)
- Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Ms. Sondra Cheong, First Secretary of the Permanent Mission of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana to the United Nations on agenda item 141: Programme budget 2021: Construction and property management- flexible workplace at the United Nations Headquarters, at the Fifth Committee during the main part of the seventy-fifth session of the United Nations General Assembly (New York, 3 December 2020)
- Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Ms. Sondra Cheong, First Secretary of the Permanent Mission of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana to the United Nations on agenda item 141: Proposed program budget for 2021: Enterprise Resource Planning: Umoja progress report, at the Fifth Committee during the main part of the seventy-fifth session of the United Nations General Assembly (New York, 3 December 2020)
November 2020
- Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Ms. Sondra Cheong, First Secretary of the Permanent Mission of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana to the United Nations on agenda item 149: United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund at the Fifth Committee during the main part of the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly (New York, 30 November 2020)
- Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Mrs. Ronalda Edwards-Horatio, First Secretary, Permanent Mission of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana to the United Nations, at the plenary meeting of the Second Committee on agenda item: 126 “Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly” (New York, 24 November 2020)
- Pre-recorded Message by H.E. Ambassador Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, Permanent Representative of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana to the United Nations and Chair of the Group of 77, at the opening of the UNFCCC Climate Dialogues (Bonn, Germany, 23 November 2020)
- Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Ms. Sondra Cheong, First Secretary of the Permanent Mission of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana to the United Nations, on agenda item 141: Proposed programme budget for 2021: Construction and property management in relation to the progress on the replacement of office blocks A-J at the United Nations Office at Nairobi (UNON) at the main part of the Fifth Committee during the seventy-fifth session of the General Assembly (New York, 19 November 2020)
- Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Ms. Sondra Cheong, First Secretary of the Permanent Mission of Guyana to the United Nations on agenda item 141: Proposed programme budget for 2021: Construction and property management: progress in the renovation of the Africa Hall and construction of the new office facilities at the Economic Commission of Africa, at the Fifth Committee during the main part of the seventy-fifth session of the United Nations General Assembly (New York, 19 November 2020)
- Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Ms. Megayla Austin, Minister Counsellor of the Permanent Mission of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana to the United Nations, on agenda item 141: Programme budget 2021: Review of the implementation of the United Nations peace and security pillar reform, at the Fifth Committee during the main part of the seventy-fifth session of the General Assembly (New York, 18 November 2020)
- Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Ms. Sondra Cheong, First Secretary of the Permanent Mission of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana to the United Nations on agenda item 141: Proposed programme budget for 2021: Seismic mitigation retrofit and life-cycle replacement project at the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific premises in Bangkok at the Fifth Committee during the seventy-fifth session of the General Assembly (New York, 13 November 2020)
- Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Ms. Sondra Cheong, First Secretary of the Permanent Mission of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana to the United Nations on agenda item 141: Proposed program budget for 2021: Progress on the renovation of the North Building at the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean in Santiago, Chile, at the Fifth Committee during the main part of the seventy-fifth session of the United Nations General Assembly (New York, 13 November 2020)
- Statement by H.E. Mr. Hugh Hilton Todd, Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, at the Forty-Fourth Annual Meeting of Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the Group of 77 and China – Thematic Debate: “Global response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the obstacles it poses to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and achievement of the SDGs” (New York, 12 November 2020)
- Statement by His Excellency Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali, President of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, at the 44th Annual Meeting of the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the Group of 77 (New York, 12 November 2020)
- Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Ms. Sondra Cheong, First Secretary of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana to the United Nations on agenda item 144: Pattern of conferences, at the Fifth Committee during the main part of the seventy-fifth session of the United Nations General Assembly (New York, 9 November 2020)
- Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Trishala Persaud, Minister Counsellor of the Permanent Mission of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, in the Sixth Committee of the General Assembly under agenda item 79, “United Nations programme of assistance in the teaching, study, dissemination and wider appreciation of international law” (New York, 6 November 2020)
October 2020
- Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Ms. Megayla Austin, Minister Counsellor of the Permanent Mission of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana to the United Nations, on agenda item 141: Proposed programme budget for 2021: Revised estimates resulting from resolutions and decisions adopted by the Economic and Social Council at its 2020 Session, at the main part of the Fifth Committee during the seventy-fifth session of the General Assembly (New York, 26 October 2020)
- Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Ms. Lucresha Bryan-French, First Secretary of the Permanent Mission of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana to the United Nations, at the Second Committee seventy-fifth session of the UN General Assembly, on agenda item 62: Permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and of the Arab Population in the Occupied Syrian Golan over their natural resources (New York, 19 October 2020)
- Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Ambassador Neil Pierre, Permanent Mission of Guyana to the United Nations, at the Dialogue of the Executive Secretaries of the Regional Commissions with the Second Committee of the General Assembly at its 75th session (New York, 19 October 2020)
- Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by H.E. Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, Ambassador and Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Guyana to the United Nations, on agenda item 25: Agriculture development, food security and nutrition, at the Second Committee of the UN General Assembly, 75th session (New York, 16 October 2020)
- Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Ms. Sondra Cheong, First Secretary of the Permanent Mission of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana to the United Nations, on agenda item 143: Improving the financial situation of the United Nations, at the Fifth Committee during the main part of the seventy-fifth session of the United Nations General Assembly (New York, 16 October 2020)
- Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Mr. Lidon Charles, Permanent Mission of Guyana to the United Nations, at the consideration of Item 21: Follow-up to the implementation of the New Urban Agenda and strengthening of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), at the Second Committee of the UN General Assembly (New York, 15 October 2020)
- Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by H.E. Ambassador Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, Permanent Mission of Guyana to the United Nations, at the Joint meeting of the Second Committee of the General Assembly at its 75th session and the Economic and Social Council (New York, 14 October 2020)
- Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Mrs. Ronalda Edwards-Horatio, First Secretary, Permanent Mission of Guyana to the United Nations, at the consideration of agenda item 24: Eradication of poverty and other development issues (New York, 13 October 2020)
- Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Ambassador Neil Pierre, Permanent Mission of Guyana to the United Nations, on agenda item 19: Sustainable development, at the Second Committee of the UN General Assembly 75th session (New York, 12 October 2020)
- Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Ms. Megayla Austin, Minister Counsellor of the Permanent Mission of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana to the United Nations, on agenda item 139: Shifting the management paradigm in the United Nations: budgetary procedures and practices, at the main part of Fifth Committee during the seventy-fifth session of the General Assembly (New York, 12 October 2020)
- Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Ms. Megayla Austin, Minister Counsellor of the Permanent Mission of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana to the United Nations, on agenda item 141: Proposed programme budget for 2021, at the main part of the Fifth Committee during the seventy-fifth session of the General Assembly (New York, 12 October 2020)
- Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Ms. Megayla Austin, Minister Counsellor of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana to the United Nations on agenda item 142: Programme planning, at the Fifth Committee during the main part of the seventy-fifth session of the UN General Assembly (New York, 12 October 2020)
- Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Ms. Sondra Cheong, First Secretary of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana to the United Nations on agenda item 139: Review of efficiency: Management Reform – Funding Model DMSPC/DOS, at the Fifth Committee during the main part of the seventy-fifth session of the UN General Assembly (New York, 12 October 2020)
- Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by the Permanent Mission of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana to the United Nations during the consideration of agenda item 16: Information and communications technology for sustainable development, at the general discussion of the Second Committee – Seventy-fifth session (New York, 9 October 2020)
- Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by H.E. Ambassador Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, Permanent Representative of Guyana to the United Nations, during the consideration of agenda item 22: Globalization and interdependence, at the Second Committee of the UN General Assembly (New York, 9 October 2020)
- Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Mr. Garfield Barnwell, Permanent Mission of Guyana to the United Nations, on Agenda Item 17: Macroeconomic Policy Questions; and Agenda Item 18: Follow-up to and implementation of the outcomes of the International Conferences on Financing for Development (New York, 8 October 2020)
- Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Mr. Garfield Barnwell, Permanent Mission of Guyana to the United Nations, on Item 25: Operational Activities for development: (a) Operational activities for development of the United Nations system; (b) South – South cooperation for development. (New York, 5 October 2020)
- Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Ambassador Neil Pierre, Permanent Mission of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana to the United Nations, at the general debate of the Second Committee, seventy-fifth session of the UN General Assembly (New York, 5 October 2020)
- Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Ambassador Neil Pierre of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana at the Third Committee of the seventy-fifth session of the United Nations General Assembly (New York, 5 October 2020)
- Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Ms Megayla Austin, Minister Counsellor of the Permanent Mission of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana to the United Nations, on the scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of the United Nations – Article 19, at main part of Fifth Committee during the seventy-fifth session of the General Assembly (New York, 5 October 2020)
- Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Ms Megayla Austin, Minister Counsellor of the Permanent Mission of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana to the United Nations, on the organization of work for the Fifth Committee during the main part of the seventy-fifth session of the General Assembly (New York, 5 October 2020)
September 2020
- Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by His Excellency Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali, President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, to the United Nations Summit on Biodiversity (New York, 30 September 2020)
- Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by H.E. Dr. Irfaan Mohamed Ali, President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, at the High-Level Meeting to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the United Nations (New York, 21 September 2020)
- Introductory remarks on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Trishala Persaud, Minister Counsellor of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, on the draft resolutions under agenda item 16: “Economic and social repercussions of the Israeli occupation on the living conditions of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the Arab population in the Occupied Syrian Golan”, at the meeting of the Economic and Social Council (New York, 14 September 2020)
- Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Ambassador Neil Pierre, Permanent Mission of Guyana to the United Nations, at the United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation (New York, 10 September 2020)
- Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Ms. Megayla Austin, Charge d’affaires of the Permanent Mission of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana to the United Nations, at the 42nd session of the Committee on Information (New York, 2 September 2020)
August 2020
- Intervention by the Group of 77 and China at the informal consultations on the alignment of the agendas of the General Assembly and ECOSOC and its subsidiary bodies in the light of the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (New York, 18 August 2020)
- Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Ambassador Neil Pierre, Permanent Mission of Guyana to the United Nations, at the Briefing for the SDG Moment (New York, 6 August 2020)
- Statement by Ambassador Neil Pierre, Chair of the Group of 77, on the occasion of the thirty-fifth meeting of the Committee of Experts of the Perez-Guerrero Trust Fund for South-South Cooperation (PGTF) (New York, 4 August 2020)
- Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Ambassador Neil Pierre, Permanent Mission of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana to the United Nations, at the closing of the Fifth Committee second resumed part of the seventy-fourth session of the United Nations General Assembly (New York, 4 August 2020)
July 2020
- Explanation of Position by the Group of 77 and China on draft Decision on the Revitalization of the Work of the Second Committee (New York, 22 July 2020)
- Statement by the Group of 77 and China on COVID-19 Pandemic and Debt (New York, 22 July 2020)
- Intervention on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Ambassador Neil Pierre of the Permanent Mission of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana to the United Nations, at UNCTAD side event: Impact of COVID19 on developing countries (New York, 19 July 2020)
- Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Ambassador Neil Pierre, Permanent Mission of Guyana to the United Nations, at the Briefing for the SDG Moment (New York, 27 July 2020)
- Intervention on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Ambassador Neil Pierre of the Permanent Mission of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana to the United Nations and Chair of the Group of 77, at the Global Technical Meeting 2020 on “Reimagining Volunteering for the 2030 Agenda” during the 2020 UN High-level Political Forum (New York, 13 July 2020)
- Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Ambassador Neil Pierre, Permanent Mission of Guyana to the United Nations and Chair of the Group of 77, at the General Debate of the 2020 High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (New York, 7 July 2020)
- Intervention Points on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Ambassador Neil Pierre, Permanent Mission of Guyana to the United Nations, at the 2020 ECOSOC Integration Segment (New York, 6 July 2020)
June 2020
- Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by His Excellency Ambassador Rudolph Michael Ten-Pow, Permanent Representative of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana to the United Nations, at the High level Meeting on Trends, Options and Strategies in Poverty Eradication across the World (New York, 30 June 2020)
- Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Ambassador Neil Pierre, Permanent Mission of Guyana to the United Nations, at the fourth informal dialogue on the revitalization of the work of the Second Committee (New York, 25 June 2020)
- Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by the delegation of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana during the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) humanitarian affairs segment (New York, 9 June 2020)
- Statement on behalf of Group of 77 and China by Ambassador Neil Pierre, of the Permanent Mission of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana to the United Nations, at the annual session of the Executive Board of UNDP, UNFPA, and UNOPS – UNDP segment (New York, 4 June 2020)
- Intervention on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Ambassador Neil Pierre, Permanent Mission of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, at the Financing for Development Forum – Informal meeting on financing a sustainable recovery from COVID-19 – Dialogue 1: Financing and Policy solutions to respond to COVID 19 (New York, 2 June 2020)
- Intervention on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Ambassador Neil Pierre of the Permanent Mission of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana to the United Nations, at the Financing for Development Forum – Informal meeting on financing a sustainable recovery from COVID-19 – Dialogue 2 – Achieving a resilient and sustainable recovery (New York, 2 June 2020)
May 2020
- Intervention by the Group of 77 and China at the informal consultations on the alignment of the agendas of the General Assembly and ECOSOC and its subsidiary bodies in the light of the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (New York, 28 May 2020)
- Abbreviated version of the statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by His Excellency Ambassador Rudolph Michael Ten-Pow, Permanent Representative of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana to the United Nations, at the 2020 ECOSOC operational activities for development segment (New York, 19 May 2020)
- Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Ms. Megayla Austin, Minister Counsellor of the Permanent Mission of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana to the United Nations on agenda item 137: Improving the financial situation of the United Nations at the second resumed part of the seventy-fourth session of the Fifth Committee of the United Nations General Assembly (New York, 14 May 2020)
- Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Ambassador Neil Pierre, Permanent Mission of Guyana to the United Nations, at the informal dialogue on the revitalization of the work of the Second Committee of the UN General Assembly (New York, 7 May 2020)
- Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Ambassador Neil Pierre, Permanent Mission of Guyana to the UN, at the informal consultation on the draft structure of the Ministerial Declaration of the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development under the auspices of ECOSOC (New York, 4 May 2020)
- Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Ms. Sondra Cheong, First Secretary of the Permanent Mission of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana to the United Nations on agenda item 140: Human resources management (seconded active military & police personnel) during the second part of the resumed seventy-fourth session of the General Assembly (New York, 4 May 2020)
- Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Ms. Sondra Cheong, First Secretary of the Permanent Mission of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana to the United Nations on agenda item 148: Financing of the Regional Service Centre in Entebbe, Uganda, at the Fifth Committee during the second part of the resumed seventy-fourth session of the General Assembly (New York, 4 May 2020)
- Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Ms. Megayla Austin, Minister Counsellor of the Permanent Mission of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana to the United Nations, on agenda item 132: Financial reports and audited financial statements, and reports of the Board of Auditors, (b) United Nations peacekeeping operations, at the second resumed part of the seventy-fourth session of the Fifth Committee of the United Nations General Assembly (New York, 4 May 2020)
- Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Ms. Sondra Cheong, First Secretary of the Permanent Mission of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana to the United Nations on agenda item 146: Administrative and budgetary aspects of the financing of the United Nations peacekeeping operations – updated financial position of closed peacekeeping missions as at 30 June 2019, at the second resumed part of the seventy-fourth session of the Fifth Committee of the United Nations General Assembly (New York, 4 May 2020)
- Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Ms. Megayla Austin, Minister Counsellor of the Permanent Mission of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana to the United Nations on agenda item 148: Administrative and budgetary aspects of the financing of the United Nations peacekeeping operations: United Nations Logistics Base (UNLB), at the second resumed part of the seventy-fourth session of the Fifth Committee of the United Nations General Assembly (New York, 4 May 2020)
- Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Ms. Sondra Cheong, First Secretary of the Permanent Mission of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana to the United Nations on agenda item 148: Administrative and bugetary aspects of the financing of the United Nations Peacekeeping Operations – overview and cross-cutting issues, during the second part of the resumed seventy-fourth session of the General Assembly (New York, 4 May 2020)
April 2020
- Intervention by the Group of 77 and China at the informal consultations on the alignment of the agendas of the General Assembly and ECOSOC and its subsidiary bodies in the light of the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (New York, 28 May 2020)
- Abbreviated version of the statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by His Excellency Ambassador Rudolph Michael Ten-Pow, Permanent Representative of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana to the United Nations, at the 2020 ECOSOC operational activities for development segment (New York, 19 May 2020)
- Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Ms. Megayla Austin, Minister Counsellor of the Permanent Mission of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana to the United Nations on agenda item 137: Improving the financial situation of the United Nations at the second resumed part of the seventy-fourth session of the Fifth Committee of the United Nations General Assembly (New York, 14 May 2020)
- Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Ambassador Neil Pierre, Permanent Mission of Guyana to the United Nations, at the informal dialogue on the revitalization of the work of the Second Committee of the UN General Assembly (New York, 7 May 2020)
- Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Ambassador Neil Pierre, Permanent Mission of Guyana to the UN, at the informal consultation on the draft structure of the Ministerial Declaration of the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development under the auspices of ECOSOC (New York, 4 May 2020)
- Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Ms. Sondra Cheong, First Secretary of the Permanent Mission of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana to the United Nations on agenda item 140: Human resources management (seconded active military & police personnel) during the second part of the resumed seventy-fourth session of the General Assembly (New York, 4 May 2020)
- Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Ms. Sondra Cheong, First Secretary of the Permanent Mission of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana to the United Nations on agenda item 148: Financing of the Regional Service Centre in Entebbe, Uganda, at the Fifth Committee during the second part of the resumed seventy-fourth session of the General Assembly (New York, 4 May 2020)
- Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Ms. Megayla Austin, Minister Counsellor of the Permanent Mission of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana to the United Nations, on agenda item 132: Financial reports and audited financial statements, and reports of the Board of Auditors, (b) United Nations peacekeeping operations, at the second resumed part of the seventy-fourth session of the Fifth Committee of the United Nations General Assembly (New York, 4 May 2020)
- Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Ms. Sondra Cheong, First Secretary of the Permanent Mission of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana to the United Nations on agenda item 146: Administrative and budgetary aspects of the financing of the United Nations peacekeeping operations – updated financial position of closed peacekeeping missions as at 30 June 2019, at the second resumed part of the seventy-fourth session of the Fifth Committee of the United Nations General Assembly (New York, 4 May 2020)
- Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Ms. Megayla Austin, Minister Counsellor of the Permanent Mission of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana to the United Nations on agenda item 148: Administrative and budgetary aspects of the financing of the United Nations peacekeeping operations: United Nations Logistics Base (UNLB), at the second resumed part of the seventy-fourth session of the Fifth Committee of the United Nations General Assembly (New York, 4 May 2020)
- Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Ms. Sondra Cheong, First Secretary of the Permanent Mission of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana to the United Nations on agenda item 148: Administrative and budgetary aspects of the financing of the United Nations Peacekeeping Operations – overview and cross-cutting issues, during the second part of the resumed seventy-fourth session of the General Assembly (New York, 4 May 2020)
March 2020
- Statement by the Group of 77 and China on the outcome document of the ECOSOC Forum on Financing for Development Follow-up (New York, 30 March 2020)Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Ms. Megayla Austin, Minister Counsellor of the Permanent Mission of Co-operative Republic of Guyana to the United Nations, on the closing of the Fifth Committee first resumed part of the seventy fourth session of the United Nations General Assembly (New York, 30 March 2020)
- Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China y H.E. Mr. Rudolph M. Ten-pow, Permanent Representative of Guyana to the United Nations, at the briefing of the Deputy Secretary-General on the repositioning of the UN development system (New York, 27 March 2020)
- Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Ms Megayla Austin, Minister Counsellor of the Permanent Mission of Guyana to the United Nations, on agenda item 140: Human resources management, Amendments to staff regulations and rules, at the first part of the resumed 74th session of the Fifth Committee of the General Assembly (New York, 11 March 2020)
- Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Ms Megayla Austin, Minister Counsellor of the Permanent Mission of Guyana to the United Nations, on agenda item 133: Review of the efficiency of the administrative and financial functioning of the United Nations – Accountability system in the United Nations Secretariat, at the first part of the resumed 74th session of the Fifth Committee of the General Assembly (New York, 11 March 2020)
- Statement on behalf of the Goup of 77 and China by Ms Megayla Austin, Minister Counsellor of the Permanent Mission of Guyana to the United Nations, on agenda item 141: Joint Inspection Unit, Review on cloud computing, at the first part of the resumed 74th session of the Fifth Committee of the General Assembly (New York, 9 March 2020)
- Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Ms Megayla Austin, Minister Counsellor of the Permanent Mission of Guyana to the United Nations, on agenda item 141: Joint Inspection Unit, Review of audit and oversight committees in the United Nations system, at the first part of the resumed 74th session of the Fifth Committee of the General Assembly (New York, 9 March 2020)
- Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Ms Sondra Cheong, First Secretary of the Permanent Mission of Co-operative Republic of Guyana to the United Nations on agenda item 135, Programme budget 2020: Assessment of the Police Division, at the first part of the resumed 74th session of the Fifth Committee of the UN General Assembly (New York, 4 March 2020)
- Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Ms. Megayla Austin, minister counsellor of the Permanent Mission of Guyana to the United Nations, on agenda item 140: Human resources management, at the first part of the resumed 74th session of the Fifth Committee of the UN General Assembly (New York, 4 March 2020)
- Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Ms. Megayla Austin, Minister Counsellor of the Permanent Mission of Guyana to the United Nations, on agenda item 14: Joint Inspection Unit – Change Management, at the first part of the resumed 74th session of the Fifth Committee of the UN General Assembly (New York, 4 March 2020)
- Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Ms. Megayla Austin, Minister Counsellor of the Permanent Mission of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana to the United Nations, on agenda item 147: Financing of the International Residual Mechanism (IRM) for Criminal Tribunals – Construction of a new facility for the International Residual Mechanism (Arusha Branch), during the Fifth Committee’s first resumed part of the seventy-fourth session of the United Nations General Assembly (New York, 4 March 2020)
- Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by His Excellency Ambassador Rudolph Michael Ten-Pow, Permanent Representative of Co-operative Republic of Guyana to the United Nations, at the launching of the High-level Panel on International Financial Accountability, Transparency and Integrity by the Presidents of the General Assembly and ECOSOC (New York, 2 March 2020)
- Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Ms. Sondra Cheong, First Secretary of the Permanent Mission of Guyana to the United Nations, on agenda item 135: Programme budget for 2020: Condition of service: Judges, at the first resumed part of the 74th session of the Fifth Committee of the UN General Assembly (New york, 2 March 2020)
- Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Ms. Megayla Austin, Minister Counsellor of the Permanent Mission of Guyana to the United Nations, on agenda item 135: Programme budget for 2020: Status of implementation of the Information and Communications Technology Strategy of the United Nations, at the first resumed part of the 74th session of the Fifth Committee of the UN General Assembly (New York, 2 March 2020)
- Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Ms. Sondra Cheong, First Secretary of the Permanent Mission of Guyana to the United Nations, on agenda item 134: Programme budget for the biennium 2018-2019: Construction and property management, Capital Master Plan, at the first resumed part of the 74th session of the Fifth Committee of the UN General Assembly (New York, 2 March 2020)
- Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Ms. Sondra Cheong, First Secretary of the Permanent Mission of Guyana to the United Nations, on agenda item 141: Report of the Joint Inspection Unit for 2019 and programme of work for 2020, at the first part of the resumed 74th session of the Fifth Committee of the UN General Assembly (New York, 2 March 2020)
- Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Ambassador Neil Pierre of the Permanent Mission of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana to the United Nations, on the organization of work for the first part of the resumed seventy-fourth session of the Fifth Committee of the UN General Assembly (New York, 2 March 2020)
February 2020
- Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by His Excellency Ambassador Rudolph Michael Ten-Pow, Permanent Representative of Co-operative Republic of Guyana to the United Nations, at the second plenary briefing focusing on the remaining mandates of the repositioning of the United Nations Development System (New York, 28 February 2020)
- Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by His Excellency Ambassador Michael Rudolph Ten-Pow, Permanent Representative of Co-operative Republic of Guyana to the United Nations, at the informal meeting on the alignment of the agendas of the General Assembly and ECOSOC and its subsidiary bodies, in light of the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (New York, 17 February 2020)
- Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by H.E Ambassador Michael Rudolph Ten-Pow, Permanent Representative of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana to the United Nations and Chair of the Group of 77, at the informal dialogue on the revitalization of the work of the Second Committee (New York, 14 February 2020)
- Brief remarks on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Ambassador Neil Pierre of the Permanent Mission of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana at the Interactive Dialogue of the UN General Assembly on “Targeting Hunger: South-South and Triangular Cooperation for Transforming Agriculture” (New York, 12 February 2020)
- Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by His Excellency Ambassador Michael Rudolph Ten-Pow, Permanent Representative of Co-operative Republic of Guyana to the United Nations, at the Fifty-Eighth Session of the Commission of Social Development (New York, 10 February 2020)
- Statements on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by the delegation of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana at the Preparatory Meeting on the 2020 UN Ocean Conference (New York, 4 February 2020)
January 2020
- Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by H.E. Mr. Rudolph Michael Ten-Pow, Permanent Representative of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana to the United Nations, Chair of the Group of 77, at the joint briefing by the Presidents of the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council (New York, 28 January 2020)
- Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by H.E Ambassador Rudolph Michael Ten-Pow, Permanent Representative of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana to the United Nations, Chair of the Group of 77, on the Report of the Secretary-General on the Work of the Organization, during the 55th Plenary Meeting of the 74th session of the UN General Assembly (New York, 22 January 2020)
- Statement by Honourable Moses Versammy Nagamootoo, Prime Minister of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, at the Handover Ceremony of the Chairmanship of the Group of 77 (New York, 15 January 2020)
- Statement by H.E. Riad Malki, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the State of Palestine, at the Handover Ceremony of the Chairmanship of the Group of 77 (New York, 15 January 2020)
- Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Mr. Majed Bamya, First Counsellor at the Mission of the State of Palestine to the United Nations, in the plenary of the General Assembly under agenda item 123: “Strengthening of the United Nations system” to introduce draft resolution A/74/L.5 entitled “Enlargement of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions: Amendment to Rule 155 of the Rules of Procedure of the General Assembly” (New York, 14 January 2020)