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------------------ PRAYERS OATH OF A NEW MfflBER - MESSAGF.s FRCM THE'PRESIDFNT - ANNOUNCEMF.NTS BY THE SPEAKER - PRESENl'ATIOO OF PAPERS AND REPORTS, ETC.
- (1)By the Senior Minister (i)Annual Report of the Ministry Affairs for the year 1993. of Home Affairs: of Home (Circulated) (ii)Annual Report of the Guyana Fire Service for the year 1993.
(Circulated) (2) By the Senior Minister of Labour, Human Services and Social·SecuritYj (i)State Paper on the following Conventions adopted at the 75th and 76th Sessions Labour Conference - respectively: held in June, 1988 and June, 1989, and Recomnendations of the International (a)Safety and Health in Construction Convention, 1988, No.

167 (b) Safety and �alth in Construction Reconmendation, 1988, No.

175 (c).

Employment Pranotion and Protection against Unemployment Convention, 1988, No.
168 (d)Employment Pranotion and Protection against Unemployment Recomnehdation, 1988, No.

176 (e)Indigenous 1989, No.

169. and Tribal Peoples Convention, (Circulated) I ••• 2 • (ii)State Paper on the following Conventions and Recornnendations of the International adopted at the 77th Session Labour Conference held in June, 1990:- (a)Chemicals Convention, 1990, No.

170 (b)Chemicals Recorrmendation, 1990, No.

177 (c)Night Work Convention, 1990, No.

171 (d)Night Work Recorrmendation (Revised) 1990, No.
178.

(Circulated) (3)By the Senior Minister of Foreign Affairs: Annual Report of the Ministry Affairs for the year 1993. of Foreign (Circulated) (4)By the Minister in the Office of the President: Annual Report of the Office of the President for the year 1994: (I)Presidential Secretariat (II)Public Service Management.
(Circulated) (5)By the Minister in the Ministry of Finance: (i)Agreements (2) between the International Develoi;:rnent and the Government of Guyana as detailed Association below: (a)Developnent credit Agreement No.

2559 GUA dated January 5, 1994 for Wa,ter Supply Technical Project; Assistance and and Rehabilitation (b)Developnent Credit Agreement No.

2168-6 GUA credit Program.


dated June 7, 1994 for Second Structural Adjustment (Circulated) (ii)Agreements (2) between the Inter-American o_f Guyana as Develoi;:rnent Bank and the Government detailed below: (a)Loan Contract No.

909/SF-GY dated April 13, 1994 for the Remedial Maintenance Georgetown Sewerage and Water Supply System; and Project for (b)Loan Contract 1994 for No.

912/SF-GY dated February Programne.

the Social Amelioration 14, (Circulated /.

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(iii) Agreements ( 2) between the caribbean Developnent Bank and the Government of Guyana as detailed below: (a)Loan Contract No.

9/SFR-GU 1994 for the Drainage dated February 14, and Irrigation Project; and (b)Loan Contract No.

10/SFR-GU dated July 22, 1994 for the Second Road Project.

(Circulated) (iv)Agreement between the Government of France and the Government of Guyana on the reorganization in accordance with the third Paris Club Agreed Minute signed in Paris on May 6, 1993.
Agreement dated May 30, 1994. of debts (Circulated) (v)Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Guyana on the consolidation and rescheduling guaranteed and its agencies by, or insured by the United States Government or refinancing .

with the third Paris Club Agreed of certain debts owed to, in accordance /.

Minute signed in Paris on May 6, 1993.

Agreement dated April 5, 1994.


(vi)Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom (Circulated) Ireland and Northern the consolidation debts insured and th� Government of Guyana on and rescheduling of certain comnercial by.

the Export Credits Guarant� Department (ECGD) in accordance signed in Paris on May 6, 1993.

Agreement dated February 21", 1994. with the third Par'is Club Agreed Minute (vii) Annual Performance Report of the Office of the Auditor General for the year 1994.
(Circulated} (Circulated) QUF.STIOOS TO MINISTERS.

QUF.STIOO No.

10 (FOR WRITTEN REPLY} MCNEY GIVEN TO MUNICIPALITY OF GEORGETCMN Mr. Hukumchand (i} How much money, by way of subvention to ask the Prime Minister the following question: or other transfers, since the Interim was given to the Municipality Management Corrmittee was installed?

of Georgetown (ii} For what specific purpose this money was provided?

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(iii)Apart from projects executed directly with such money, what specific projects directly by the Central Government and at what coat?

by the Council out were carried (iv)Will the Prime Minister also give the names of the contractors who executed these projects were as.signed on the basis of normal tender board procedures?

and say whether or not the projects (v)Will ·the Prime Minister also give the cost of these contracts?.

(Notice Paper No.

66 (QlO OpplO) published 21.6.95)-- QU&STIOO No.


11 (FOR ORAL ANSWER) Tyndall to ask the Prime Minister PROPOSED BROADCAST LEGISLATIOO Mr. Kenrick (i)What is the status of Goverrunent's proposed broadcast legislation?

(ii)When is it likely to be brought before the National (iii)Is the issuing operated Radio of licences the following question: for privately Assent>ly??

Stations contingent (iv)How many application�/or the operation on the passage of the legislation?
owned of privately stations have so far been received?

(v)Could the Prime Minister (vi)Could the Prime Minister identify will be state what criteria: the applicants?

applied in granting these licences?

(Notice Paper No.

69 (Ql2 Oppl2) published 21.6.95) QUESTIOO No.


12 (FOR WRITTEN REPLY) ACTIVITIE.S OF OOLDEN STAR IN RF.GIOO 8 Mr. Matheson Williams to ask the Prime Minister the following question: (i) Has the Prime Minister or the appropriate with the indigenous agency held consultations people of Region 8 and with the domestic mining interests of the same Region relative of Golden Star in the Region?
to the activities and the intentions (ii)If the answer is yes, will the PrimeMinister give the results of these consultations?

(iii)If the answer is no, will the Prime Minister in motion and report to this Assembly?

consulations undertake to put (Notice Paper No.

74 (Ql5 Oppl5) published 22.6.95) QUF.STIOO No.


13 (FOR WRITTEN REPLY) FIREARMS IN REGIOO 8 Williams to ask the Senior Minister of Home Affairs Mr. Matheson the fol1owing question: (i)Is the Minister aware of reports from Chenapowu in Region 8 of an illegal trade in sideanns bought from Brazil?

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(ii) aware that Chenapowu residents Is the Minister complain of being at a disadvantage with miners with unlicensed sidearms?

when faced (iii) Is the Minister armrunition in hinterland comnunities?
aware of the widespread need for (iv)Will the Minister give this Assent>ly the assurance to licensed firearm that arrangements will be made to restore owners the means of obtaining for their hunting activities?

adequate supplies of armrunition (Notice Paper No.

71 (Q14 Oppl4) published 21.6.95) QUESTIOO No.


14 (FOR WRI'ITEN REPLY) PAYMENI' TO Sl'UDENT TEACHERS DURING TRAINING Mr.Matheson CUltural Developnent the following question: Williams to ask the Senior Minister of F.ducation and Is it true that while some student theCyril Potter Cqllege of F.ducation receive salaries receive during training, only a stipend of $1,800.00 student a month?

teachers interior teachers their in training at (Notice Paper No.

76 (Ql7 Oppl7) published 22.6.95) QUF.STIOO No.


15 (FOR WRI'ITEN REPLY) MEDI� FACILITIF.S IN REGI9t:iS 7 AND 8 Mr. Matheson Williams to ask the Senior Minister the following question ; of Health (i)In what camrunities in Regions 7 and 8 are hospitals/health centres/stations established?

(ii) (iii) (v) staffed?

How is each station Is any-affected by vacancies cantheMinister centre/station of essential centres and health stations?

fo+ more.

than one month?


state in regard to each hospital/health the dispatch and if possible the receipt drug� to each of these hospitals, health (Notice Paper No.

70 (Ql3 Opp13) published 21.6.95) QUESTIOO No.

16 (FOR WRI'ITEN REPLY) IMPACT OF.MINING ACTIVITIF.S 00 KAIETEUR FALL Mr. Matheson Williams to ask the Senior Minister Industry the following question: of Trade, Tourism and Will the Minister activities inform this Assent>ly of his findings?
investig,ate in the Potaro dist;ict the inpact, i.f any, of mining on the Kaieteur Fall and (Notice Paper No.

75 (Ql6 Oppl6) published 22.6.95) /.

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6 • STATEMENrS BY MINISTERS - PERSCNAL EXPLANATICNS - R.EX:lUF,STS FOR LF.AVE TO MOVE THE ADJOURNMENT OF THE ASSEJomLY CN DEFINITE MATTERS OF URGENT PUBLIC IMPORTANCE - MO'l'IOOS RELATING 'l'O THE BUSINF.SS OR SITTINGS OF THE ASSEloffiLY AND MOVED BY A MINISTER - IN'l'RODUCTICN OF BILLS Presentation and First Reading CCNSTITUl'ICN (�)BILL 1995 -Bill No.
11/1995 published 20.5.95 The Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, on behalf of the Government, to present the following Bill: A BILL intituled AN A� to effect to article 142 of an alteration the Constitution with �rticles 66 and 164 thereof.
in accordance PUBLIC BUSINESS MO'l'ICNS l. a:NVml'ICNS AND RECCX'1MENDATICNS OF THE INTERNATIOOAL .LA'BCXJR ORGANISATICN - The Senior Minister of Labourr Buman Services and Social Security to move the following motion: WHEREAS as a member state of the International Labour Guyana is obligated Organisation, Reccmnendations adopted in accordance International with Article Labour Organisation; by the International of the 19 of the Constitution to examine Conventions and r;abour Conference AND WHEREAS Article 19 states that all Conventions and Recannendations must be sul::rnitted to the carpetent Authority whether Labour Conference of member states is cont�lated or not; adopted by the International of such Conventions ratification AND WHEREAS the sul::mission of Conventions ations adopted at sessions accanpanied or followed by a statement the Government's view as to the action to be taken on the instruments; of that �onference and Reccmnend­ should always be or proposal setting out AND WHEREAS Guyanaadheres Labour Organisation to the Constitution of which it is a member since of the International 1966; /.
7 • AND WHEREAS the Goverrunent of Guyana proposes to use the provisions of the Conventions and Recomnendations adopted from time to time by the International Conference which are in keeping of the with the social philosophy as aims of policy and to ratify those Conventions Labour Guyanese Society: BE IT RESOLVED: That this National Assembly set out in the State Paper on the following Conventions and Recorrmendations adopted at the 74th session approve the conclusions of the International Labour Conference held in Septeni:>er, 1987:- (i) (ii) ( iii) Seafarers Welfare Convention, 1987, No.
163.

Welfare Recorrmendation, 1987, No.

173. and Medical Care (Seafarers) Seafarers Health Protection Convention, 1987, No.

164.

(iv)Social Security (Seafarers) Convention, (Revised) 1987, No.

165.

(v) Repatriation (Revised) 1987, No.

166. of Seafarer� Convention (vi)Repatriation of Seafarers Recorrmendation, 1987, No.

174, AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That the decision of this National Assembly be conveyed to the Director International Labour Organisation.

General of the (Notice Paper No.


64 (M53 Govt44) published 17.2.95) 2.., RATIFICATIOO OF THE PRarocoLS OF AMENDMENTS ORGANISATIOO OF AMERICAN THE PRarocoL OF MANAGUA.
STATES: THE PRarocoL OF WASHIN� AND TO THE CHARTER OF THE The Senior Minister of Foreign Affairs to move the following motion: WH� the Sixteenth Special Session of the General Assembly of American States (0�), �ting in of the Organisation Washington, to the OAS Charter relating DC, USA, on December 14, 1992, considered amenanents for new arrangements which would provide to representative democracy and extreme poverty; AND WHEREAS the Sixteenth Special Session adopted the Protocol of Amendments to the Charter of the OAS known as the Protocol of Washington: I ••.
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AND WHEREAS the Sixteenth Special Session also approved inclusion to address the issue of the elimination in the OAS Charter of new provisions of extreme poverty; and modifications AND WHEREAS the Nineteenth Special Session of the OAS General Asseni:>ly, meeting in Managua, another Protocol the Protocol of Managua; Nicaragua, on June 10, 1993, adopted of Amendments to the Charter of the OAS known as AND WHEREAS the Protocol of Managua addresses the problem of provides for greater and efficiency extreme poverty in that it specifically effectiveness by merging the functions Councils, the Inter-American Council a new Inter-American for F.ducation, for Integral the Inter-American Council in the area of OAS technical of the two existing O� technical co-operation co-operatioo Economic and Social Council (CIES) and and Culture, into Science Developnent (CIDI); AND WHEREAS the Government of Guyana signed the Protocols and Managua on December 14, 1992 and on June 10, 1993, of Washington respectively: BE IT RESOLVED: That this National by the Government of Guyana of the Protocols Assembly approve the ratification of -Amendments to 1the Charter States: the Protocol pf the Organisation of American of Washington and the Protocol of Managua.
(Notice Paper No.

77 (M58 Govt 46) published 10.7.95) 3.
RATIFICATIOO AND ERADICATIOO OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WCMEN OF THE INTER-AMERICAN CONVENTIOO ON THE PREVENTIOO, PUNISHMENT The Senior Minister of Foreign Affairs to move the following motion: WHEREAS the 24th Regular Session Asseni:>ly of American states (OAS), meeting in Belem do of the General of the Organisation Para, Brazil, on June 9, 1994, considered Convention Violence and approved the on the Prevention, Punishment of against Women also known as the Convention and Eradication of Belem do Para; AND WHEREAS the Government of Guyana became a signatory to the Convention by all appropriate punish and eradicate such violence; on January 10, 1995, agreeing, inter alia, to pursue, means and without delay, policies to prevent, BE IT RESOLVED: That this National Assembly approve the ratification by the Government of Guyana of the Convention on the Prevention, Punishment Convention and Eradication of Belem do Para).
of Violence against Women (the {Notice Paper No.

78 (M59 Govt47) published 10.7.95) 9.

BILL -Second Reading 4.

LAW REFORM (MISCELLANEOUS AM.ENDMENTS) BILL 1995 -Bill No.

10/1995 published 20.5.95 The Attorney of the following Bill: reading General and Minister of Legal Affairs to move the second A BILL intituled AN A<::r to amend the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Act, the Motor Provisions) Vehicles Risks) Act and the Accidental Deaths and Personal (Damages) Act.
Insurance (Third Party Injuries (Read a first time on 22.5.95) BILL *5 TRADE UNICN �ITICN BILL 1994 -Bill No.

19/1994 published 26.11.94 The Assent>ly to proceed upon the further stage(s) of the following Bill, after the Select Committeehas reported thereon: A BILL intituled AN A<::r to provide for and protection of the improvement industrial of the procedures for t.ae certifying of relations by the establishment yr' trade unions as recognised majority.

unions and for matters connected therewith.

F.A.


NARAIN Clerk of the National Asseri>ly PARLIAMBNT <PFICE, Public Buildings, town.

George 11th July, 1995 *Not to be p:oceed with at this Sitting.