Senior Finance Minister Dr. Ashni K. Singh yesterday met with the United Nation’s Deputy Secretary-General (DSG), Amina J. Mohammed, in Santiago, Chile. During their discussion, Minister Singh reiterated the country’s appreciation of the role the UN played in safeguarding democracy in 2020 during the turbulent hosting of General and Regional Elections. He also updated the DSG on the economic developments and prospects in Guyana.
Minister Singh also reaffirmed government’s commitment to advance implementation of Agenda 2030 aimed at achieving the SDGs, notwithstanding the challenging global economic context.
According to the Finance Ministry, Dr Singh is in Chile for the Sixth Meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development currently underway there.
During his presentation as part of the panel which addressed ‘Strategies to Advance Implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in the Caribbean’, the Minister highlighted two pertinent strategies to advance the national and sub-regional agenda in a manner fully consistent with Agenda 2030, namely CARICOM’s ‘25 by 2025’ food security strategy being spearheaded by Guyana as well as its second-generation Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) which is a successor to the first LCDS.
While meeting with the UN Deputy Secretary General yesterday, Dr. Singh also used the opportunity to advocate for continued attention to the challenges being faced by the smallest and most vulnerable member states of the UN, particularly the small islands of the Caribbean.
Ms. Amina Mohamed first joined the United Nations in 2012 and led the process that resulted in global agreement around the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the creation of the Sustainable Development Goals.