-President Ali says

PRESIDENT, Dr Irfaan Ali on Tuesday said that Guyana will continue to support efforts to bring a resolution to the ongoing crisis in Haiti and continues to monitor other situations in the wider world.
The head of state made this disclosure while delivering remarks at an event at the Office of the President, where $110 million was handed over to provide humanitarian aid for the people of Palestine.

Speaking of the situation in Haiti, Dr Ali said that as a country Guyana has been supporting efforts there and has even dedicated resources in this regard.
“We have been supporting efforts there [Haiti], we’re spending a lot of time supporting efforts there, we have also dedicated resources as a government,” he said.
Against this backdrop, he added that he has committed that Guyana will continue to support the Eminent Persons Group (EPG) and the work of the EPG as work continues to support the Haitian people in their quest to have the country return to normalcy.

“I’ve committed our continued support as we define the role of the EPG and set out the tasks of [the] EPG in the coming months, we work towards helping and supporting the Haitian people in their quest… to have their country return to normalcy and to have the institutions of state function,” President Ali added.
In May of 2023, the CARICOM heads of government appointed an Eminent Persons group to represent them to extend the community’s good offices to the Government of Haiti and Haitian stakeholders.

This group was set up to initiate and oversee the community’s provision of good-offices support in designated priority areas such as security, governance and the electoral process among other things.
Earlier this month, it was noted that through collaborative efforts, the Caribbean Community continues to be a key stakeholder in lobbying for support for Haiti amid its humanitarian crisis.
At that time, President Ali indicated that CARICOM was doing all that it could do, but noted that there were limitations on several fronts.