{"id":14446,"date":"2023-11-29T19:04:19","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T19:04:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=14446"},"modified":"2023-11-29T19:04:21","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T19:04:21","slug":"public-awareness-conference-addresses-venezuela-guyana-border-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/public-awareness-conference-addresses-venezuela-guyana-border-controversy\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Awareness Conference Addresses Venezuela-Guyana Border Controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>A public awareness conference was conducted at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre, focusing on educating secondary and tertiary level students about the Venezuela-Guyana border controversy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event aimed to provide insights into the historical significance of the dispute and enhance public awareness among students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Public Service Minister Sonia Parag addressed the conference, emphasizing the gravity of Venezuela&#8217;s pursuit of Essequibo and its potential threat to international law and regional stability. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Parag highlighted Venezuela&#8217;s disregard for the rule of law and its contempt for international principles, which she stated undermines democracy and diplomacy in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During her address, Minister Parag expressed Guyana&#8217;s hope that diplomacy will prevail, and Venezuela will accept the decision of the International Court of Justice (ICJ). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She reiterated Guyana&#8217;s commitment to following the path of what is right and lawful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The conference was organized by the National Security and Intelligence Studies students of the University of the Southern Caribbean. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students from various institutions, including the Government Technical Institute, the Bishops\u2019 High School, Queen\u2019s College, and St. Joseph High School, among others, attended the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This initiative is part of broader efforts to engage the youth in understanding the complexities of the Venezuela-Guyana border controversy and the significance of upholding international law.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A public awareness conference was conducted at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre, focusing on educating secondary and tertiary level students about the Venezuela-Guyana border controversy. The event aimed to provide&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":14447,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,367,351],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-one-guyana","category-politics"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14446","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=14446"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14446\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14448,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14446\/revisions\/14448"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}