{"id":15164,"date":"2024-01-04T18:52:02","date_gmt":"2024-01-04T18:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=15164"},"modified":"2024-01-04T18:52:03","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T18:52:03","slug":"president-irfaan-ali-assumes-caricom-chairmanship-pledges-dynamic-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/president-irfaan-ali-assumes-caricom-chairmanship-pledges-dynamic-action\/","title":{"rendered":"President Irfaan Ali Assumes CARICOM Chairmanship, Pledges Dynamic Action"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>President Irfaan Ali has officially taken over the chairmanship of CARICOM from Dominica&#8217;s Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his six-month tenure, President Ali pledges to focus on regional security, development goals, and initiatives addressing food security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The New Year, according to President Ali, offers renewed possibilities to advance CARICOM\u2019s strategic priorities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Emphasizing regional security as a critical matter, he commits to upholding the Caribbean and Latin America as Zones of Peace. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The &#8220;War on Guns&#8221; campaign, aimed at combating illegal arms trafficking and enhancing internal security, is a concrete manifestation of this commitment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beyond security, President Ali advocates for CARICOM&#8217;s strategic priorities, encompassing economic growth, social well-being, and environmental sustainability. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He envisions implementing targeted programs for the entire region in the coming year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Acknowledging the progress made by CARICOM member states in reducing their food import bill, President Ali emphasizes the need for continued support for the agricultural sector. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He invites CARICOM leaders to convene in Georgetown, Guyana, in February 2024 for the 46th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This gathering will not only facilitate concrete plans for action but also coincide with celebratory events marking CARICOM&#8217;s 51st anniversary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Irfaan Ali&#8217;s chairmanship signals a commitment to regional cooperation and dynamic initiatives to address key challenges facing the Caribbean Community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Irfaan Ali has officially taken over the chairmanship of CARICOM from Dominica&#8217;s Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit. In his six-month tenure, President Ali pledges to focus on regional security, development&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":15165,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[363,350,351],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-transformation","category-news","category-politics"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15164","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=15164"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15164\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15166,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15164\/revisions\/15166"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}