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Posted: Friday 30 January, 2009 at 2:11 PM
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    GEORGETOWN, Guyana (GINA, January 29, 2009) - The recently concluded report on the Inter/Intra Community Dialogue which was initiated after the 2008 Lusignan and Bartica massacres was presented to the National Assembly today by the Chairman of the Ethnic Relations Commission, Bishop Juan Edghill to Speaker of the house, Mr. Ralph Ramkarran.

     

    The report is a result of dialogues held in 29 communities along the East Coast Demerara and 11 communities from Bartica. Dialogues were held in areas where the killings occurred and their surroundings.

     

    The ERC concentrated on four areas as the objectives of the Inter/Intra Community Dialogue which were:
    • to encourage the understanding, acceptance and tolerance of the diversities among ethnic groups
    • to forge solidarity among ethnic groups particularly among Africans and Indians in affected areas
    • to create a sense of ethnic security among groups
    • to harness recommendations and suggestions for policy and behavioural changes for fostering harmonious relationships among ethnic groups.
    The objectives were then used as guidelines to draw responses from participants to three questions raised in the dialogue. The first question asked participants to describe the kind of Guyana they want to live in while the second question asked participants to list perceived obstacles or constraints that will avert that desire. The third question sought to solicit suggestions to overcome those obstacles. 

     

    On presenting the report to the Speaker, Bishop Edghill said, “It is our hope that members of the National Assembly, having read and digested this information will be able to bring to the table discussions and policies to ensure that the views of the representatives of the various communities would be taken on board.”

     

    Mr. Ramkarran thanked the members of Commission for the report and extended gratitude to the 11 participants from the various communities on the East Coast Demerara who played key roles in the Inter/Intra Community Dialogue and requested to be present at the handing over of the report.

     

    The Inter/Intra Community Dialogue was initiated in February 2008 after calls were made for the ERC’s intervention to lessen a fear of deterioration in ethnic relations on the East Coast Demerara.

     

    The Dialogue was launched under the theme “Building Trust through Dialogue” with funding received in June 2008 from United Nations Development Programne (UNDP) to the tune $2.4M.

     

    The brutal slayings occurred in January 2008 where 11 innocents lost their lives in the Lusignan massacre. In the Bartica massacre another 12 persons lost their lives in February.

     

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