{"id":13845,"date":"2023-11-10T12:51:18","date_gmt":"2023-11-10T12:51:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=13845"},"modified":"2023-11-10T12:51:29","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T12:51:29","slug":"guyanese-parliament-unites-against-venezuelas-essequibo-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/guyanese-parliament-unites-against-venezuelas-essequibo-claim\/","title":{"rendered":"Guyanese Parliament Unites Against Venezuela&#8217;s Essequibo Claim"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>In an extraordinary sitting of the National Assembly, Guyanese politicians, diplomats, and citizens united in a resolute motion affirming the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Guyana, while strongly denouncing Venezuela&#8217;s claim to the Essequibo region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the special sitting of the National Assembly, politicians, diplomats, and concerned citizens gathered to express solidarity and condemn Venezuela&#8217;s scheduled unlawful referendum on December 3. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The motion, reaffirming recognition of the 1899 Arbitral Award and the 1966 Geneva Agreement, was passionately presented by Foreign Affairs Minister Hugh Todd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Josiah-Parliament-Sitting-1.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Todd emphasized that Venezuela&#8217;s referendum is contemptuous of the legal proceedings before the International Court of Justice, and he reminded the assembly that Latin America is a zone of peace, with Venezuela&#8217;s expansionist agenda posing a threat to regional stability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The motion received unanimous support, with members of the Opposition expressing their solidarity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Josiah-Parliament-Sitting-2.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The extraordinary sitting was convened in response to the threats from Venezuela and aimed to reaffirm Guyana\u2019s commitment to respecting international law. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Multiple speakers highlighted that Venezuela has yet to provide any evidence supporting its longstanding claim to more than half of Guyana\u2019s territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This resolute display of unity serves as a testament to Guyana&#8217;s commitment to protecting its sovereignty and territorial integrity in the face of external threats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Reported by Josiah Williams for NCN News<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an extraordinary sitting of the National Assembly, Guyanese politicians, diplomats, and citizens united in a resolute motion affirming the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Guyana, while strongly denouncing Venezuela&#8217;s&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":13848,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,351,359],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-politics","category-top-picks"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13845"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13845\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13849,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13845\/revisions\/13849"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}