The Prime Minister’s Office, in partnership with the United Nations Children Fund Guyana on Thursday released their joint report on the “Review of the Constitution of the Cooperative Republic in Relation to the Rights of the Children.”

Guyana has initiated a process of constitutional reform and the OPM has acknowledged the importance of ensuring children’s rights are well integrated, and in some cases made clearer. Prime Minister Nagamootoo expressed optimism that it will become a base document to be shared with the constitutional commissioners.

Meanwhile, the OPM handed over $5M to the University of Guyana as funding for Constitutional Reform Education. The Constitutional Reform Education Project is being worked on by the OPM, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the University of Guyana (UG).

Prime Minister, Nagamootoo, in brief remarks said that constitutional reform is not for “sloganeering” nor should it be used as an “electioneering” platform. He pointed to the University of Guyana’s role as a reservoir of intellect and critical thinking to explain the Constitution to the wider public, and receive feedback on how to reform our supreme law. The simple handover ceremony was attended by UN Coordinator, Mikiko Tanaka, Vice-Chancellor Ivelaw Griffith, Deputy Vice-Chancellor Barbara Reynolds, OPM Governance Coordinator, Tamara Khan and Finance Secretary, Christina Mohan.