UN good officer visits

UN Good Officer visits: Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett (second from right) yesterday received a courtesy call from Professor Norman Girvan, the Personal Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon in the Guyana-Venezuela border controversy. This is Girvan’s first visit to Guyana since his appointment. The post had been vacant following the death of Barbadian, Oliver Jackman in 2007. Girvan, a Jamaican, is a widely respected economist and academic. Also in this GINA photo from left are: Keith George, Director of the Frontiers Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs;  Elio Tamburi, Senior Political Affairs Officer, Department of Political Affairs, Secretariat of the United Nations and Director-General of the Ministry, Ambassador Elisabeth Harper.