-Todd tells OAS General Assembly
Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hugh Todd, has called on OAS member states to strengthen the region’s collective security to maintain the region as a Zone of Peace.
The minister made the call while delivering remarks during the plenary of the Fifty-Fourth Regular Session of the General Assembly of the Organisation of American States (OAS) under the theme “Integration and Secu-rity for Sustainable Development in the Region,” a release from the Ministry of Foreign stated on Monday.
Todd told the Session that the OAS stands as the premier hemispheric institution developed to achieve “an order of peace and justice, promote solidarity, strengthen collaboration, and defend the sovereignty, territorial integrity, and the independence of the American States.” As such, he stated that Guyana will continue to count on the support of the OAS as Guyana seeks to implement the December 1, 2023, Order of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and the Joint Declaration of Argyle for Dialogue and Peace between Guyana and Venezuela, while awaiting the ruling of the Court on the validity of the 1899 Arbitral Award.