表 2：2009-2014 年对社会部门的划拨占国家预算的百分比(%)(单位：10 亿圭 亚那元)
部分 2009 年 2010 年 2011 年 2012 年 2013 年 2014 年
美洲印第安人事务 488.4 497.0 486.4 598.9 833.8 1,554.4
占国家预算的百分比 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.7
教育 19,908.7 20,825.3 23,861.8 25,888.3 28,036.7 31,664.4
占国家预算的百分比 15.4 14.6 14.8 13.4 13.4 14.4
卫生 12,788.0 13,243.7 13,917.7 16,851.3 19,034.1 23,259.7
占国家预算的百分比 9.9 9.3 8.6 8.7 9.1 10.6
住房和用水 6,286.6 5,833.2 5,756.4 7,489.8 8,928.3 9,757.1
占国家预算的百分比 4.9 4.1 3.6 3.9 4.3 4.4
劳动、公众服务和 社会保障
5,590.4 5,648.2 5,963.1 5,748.7 9,182.8 9,789.3
占国家预算的百分比 4.3 4.0 3.7 3.0 4.4 4.4
青年 364.0 396.7 439.4 506.3 525.4 564.9
占国家预算的百分比 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
国家预算列报(提交的) 128,882.5 142,775.6 161,430.2 192,781.3 208,840.4 220,046.7 资料来源：财政部，国家估计数据和社会部门表
单独附件
附录二 2012 年议会第 23 号决议
附录三 2014 年全国过渡委员会报告
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1 www.upr-info.org/followup/assessments/session21/guyana/MIA-guyana.pdf.
2 Post November 28, 2011 general and regional elections.
3 Resolution No. 23 of 2012. See Appendix II attachment.
4 Its work plan was tabled and approved by the National Assembly on March 14, 2013.
5 The national average of persons per square kilometre is 3.5 persons per square kilometre. There are 372,547 males and 375,337 females, thus giving an estimated ratio of 99 males per every 100 females.
6 Guyana Population and Housing Census 2012 www.statisticsguyana.gov.gy
7 The IMF has lauded Guyana’s fiscal management in this period. The World Bank has projected growth at 4.8 % in 2014. In his Mid Year Review, August 2014, the Minister of Finance estimated it at 4.5 %. Inflation rate was projected in 2014 at 0. 9 %, by mid- 2014 it has declined to 0.4 %.
8 Bank of Guyana Annual Report 2013, pg 10–15 www.bankofguyana.org.gy
9 UNDP HDI 2014; Guyana’s inequality ratios-education at 10.5%, human at 18% and income at 24.4 %.
10 See www.guyanareddfund.org
11 See www.finance.gov.gy Budget Speech 2014
12 A number of these relate to Guyana’s international and regional treaty obligations.
13 On December 6, 2014 following the rejection of the Leader of the Opposition to hold discussions with the government, the President informed the public that he would be announcing a date for general and regional elections in early 2015. He also stated that he had formally approached various international and regional bodies advising of these developments and requested that they consider sending electoral observers to these elections in 2015.
14 September 11, 2012.
15 August 9, 2013.
16 April 28, 2014.
17 September 10, 2014.
18 With competing priorities for limited resources and a fractured legislature, Guyana is not in a position to consider this issue as a priority at this time. However, it shall remain on its agenda for
consideration with other treaties.
19 Although Guyana not a signatory to the Inter-American Convention on Human Rights as a member of the OAS it is nevertheless obliged to report on and to respond to matters brought before the IACHR and it has been complying.
20 October 10, 2010. See www.legalaffairs.gov.gy/information/laws-of-guyana, Cap11:01, S100A pages 53-58
21 See Cap:1:01 www.legalaffairs.gov.gy
22 Ibid.
23 Financial allocations in 2013 advanced the completion of 12 communities and the demarcation of eight titled villages. In 2014, approximately GY$160 million is allocated to this project.
24 The term Village Council and Community Council are used to distinguish Councils administering titled lands and those in the process of obtaining titled lands.
25 All Toshaos are members of the National Toshaos Council. This body meets every 2 years for one week and elects its 20 person executive every 3 years.
26 See the report of the 2014 NTC Conference in Appendix III.
27 In 2014, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Appointments to Commissions included
representation of the three major ethnic groups (Indo-Guyanese, Afro-Guyanese and Amerindian who together make up more than 80 % of the population) through their organizations to name a member each to the ERC. The new appointees approved by the National Assembly will be sworn in by the President.
28 See Cap:11:06 at www.legalaffairs.gov.gy/information/laws-of-guyana
29 Ibid Cap:10:03
30 The PSSC held hearings with the Ministries of Education, Health, Culture, Youth and Sport and Home Affairs as well as the Guyana Police Force, the Guyana Prison Service, the New Opportunity Corp (the only Juvenile Offenders Centre) and the constitutional Rights of the Child Commission.
The following NGOs also came before the PSSC- ChildLink, Forward Guyana, Guyana Human Rights Association, Guyana Teachers Union, The Justice Institute, the Women’s Progressive Organization, Red Thread, religious organizations and individuals.
31 Guyana’s 2010 UPR Report referred to Article 149 (1) and (2) which prohibits discrimination “on the grounds of race, place of origin, political opinion, colour, creed, age, disability, marital status, sex, gender, language, birth, social class, pregnancy, religion, conscience, belief or culture.” Thus discrimination is prohibited on grounds of sex and gender and the laws and policies of the country do not discriminate on the grounds of one’s sexual preference in accessing good and services provided by the state within its means.
32 See these laws at www.legalaffairs.gov.gy/information/laws-of-guyana
33 Modeled on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
34 This amendment brought Guyana into compliance with OPAC on the age of recruitment.
35 This statutorises the best interests of the child with respect to custody, contact, guardianship and maintenance claims.
36 This Act provides for the regulation of adoption agencies and the operation of the Adoption Board.
37 This Act regulates all childcare services, sets minimum standards and registers, licenses and monitors these services by the CCPA. It prohibits corporal punishment.
38 This amendment provides for the right of the surviving partner to be a beneficiary of the estate of their deceased partner/spouse after five years of co-habitation. This Act provides that a single woman living with a single man in a common law union for not less than five years or vice versa to “have the same power and rights regarding intestate succession under the law as a widow or widower or a surviving spouse.” This reduced the period for legally recognised cohabitation from 10 years.
39 These include:-No.1/2012 - Rules made under the Adoption of Children Act 2009; No. 2/2012 - Family (Proceedings and Procedure) Rules 2012; No. 3/2012 - Regulations made under Adoption of Children Act 2009; No. 4/2012 - Regulations made under Status of Children Act 2009 and No. 5/2012 - Regulations made under Custody, Contact, Guardianship and Maintenance Act 2011.
40 Enacted on November 20, 2010.
41 See www.legalaffairs.gov.gy/information/laws-of-guyana
42 Three rights commissions have developed strategic plans in accordance with their constitutional remit with assistance from these agencies.
43 See CRC/C/GUY/2-4.
44 This Committee like others reports annually to the House. Noteworthy is that the Standing Orders provide for the chairmanship to be annually rotated between the government and opposition Members of Parliament. No Minister may sit on these committees as they are required to answer queries and provide information on their sector.
45 See CRC/C/GUY/Q/2-4/add.1 for more information.
46 The Rehabilitation Services Division of the MOH, MoED and the NCD are currently working on a joint programme on the “identification and integration of children with disabilities”. This involves ante-natal and post-natal screening to allow for early identification of disabilities and screening programmes for visual and hearing impairments in schools.
47 See www.mcys.gov.gy. MCYS quarterly newsletters and activities.
48 World Economic Forum – The Global Gender Gap Report 2013, Guyana profile.
49 The Director of Budget, Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Director of Public Prosecutions, Registrar of the Land Registry, Registrar of the Deeds and Commercial Registry, Registrar General of the General Registration Office, and three of the nine Heads of Missions are female.
50 One-third of the Permanent Secretaries (Chief Accounting Officers) in Ministries are female.
51 See Guyana’s National Review on the Beijing Declaration and Plan of Action, July 2014.
52 The study desegregates the data of percentage of permanent female workers in small, medium and large firms at 40.3 %, 36.6%, and 42.5 % respectively.
53 See Guyana profile pages 13-14, www.entreprisesurveys.org
54 World Economic Forum – The Global Gender Gap Report 2012, Guyana profile.
55 ILO Decent Work Country Programme of Guyana (2012-2015).
56 The four pillars of the Decent Work Agenda include: (i) respect for rights at work as human rights; (ii) employment and enterprise creation; (iii) social protection; and (iv) social dialogue.
57 Indo-Guyanese 43.45%, Amerindian 10%, mixed 16.7 % and other .46%.
58 A Policy Framework Document & Objectives was formulated by this body to (a) Strengthen national, regional and international cooperation for the benefit of people of African descent; (b) Strengthen national, regional and international cooperation to ensure people of African descent are participating and integrating in the economic, political, social and cultural spheres of Guyanese society; (c) Empower people of African descent; (d) Promote inter-ethnic equity.
59 NGOs that promote African culture and rights receive budgetary allocations to facilitate their annual emancipation and historic celebrations throughout Guyana.
60 Art.212 G Cap:1:01 www.legalaffairs.gov.gy/information/laws-of-guyana
61 Ibid Art.212 A-F
62 Ibid Art 212 N
63 All five constitutional rights Commissions have been given powers of initiating investigations into violations of rights, abuses and complaints, resolving disputes or rectifying acts or omissions by mediation, conciliation, or negotiation, and educating the public on the nature and content of matters under their purview.
64 The Commissions are required to submit their annual reports to Parliament.
65 The failure of successive Leaders of the Opposition in the 9th Parliament (as reported in Guyana’s state party reports to the UPR, CEDAW and CROC in 2010) and in 10th Parliament, to respond to request for 6 names from which the President selects and appoints one as the Chairperson in accordance with Art 212 N (3) of the Constitution remains unchanged. The 4 other members of the HR Commission are the chairpersons ( who are elected ) of the Ethnic Relations Commission, the Women and Gender Equality Commission, the Rights of the Child Commission and the Indigenous Peoples’ Commission.
66 See CRC/C/GUY/Q/2-4/Add.1 Para # 83, 237 and 245. Section 37 criminalises marital rape. It also makes provision for special measures to allow for a more conducive environment for a witness to testify such as the use of: (1) screens in court to protect witnesses but these must not block the judge, jury, magistrate, lawyer and interpreter or intermediary; (2) the use of audio-visual links; (3)the removal of gowns; (4) the examination of a witness through an intermediary appointed to assist the witness, and (5) the use of anatomically correct dolls in the taking of evidence from children.
67 These are under review.
68 All Protection Orders are prepared by a Lawyer, a Police Officer or a gazetted Social Worker and must be accompanied by an affidavit. The Clerks of Court are trained to assist victims in making applications for these orders.
69 The Guyana Legal Aid Clinic (GLAC) continues to receive annual budgetary support from the government and provides subsidized or free professional assistance to persons faced with either criminal cases, civil disputes, or, who need legal advice, and are in danger of having their rights infringed upon or other legal needs because of poverty and lack of financial resources to defray these costs. The Clinic has expanded its services to six of the ten (10) Administrative Regions. Since its establishment, the Clinic has assisted over 17,000 people, the majority of them being women, to access the Guyana justice system.
70 With UNICEF’s assistance.
71 Source: Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions 2014.
72 See Para #90 herein.
73 Originally known as TELL Scheme. See CRC/C/GUY/Q/2-4/ Add.1 para # 81-89.
74 In 2012, ChildLink Guyana, an NGO, under the TELL Campaign trained 440 Grade 3 and 6 teachers, head teachers and 177 PTA executives from 154 schools in five Administrative Regions. These persons are expected to report to child protection officers and/or police incidents disclosed by the children. Additionally, 21 guidance and counseling, welfare and child protection officers were also trained in identifying children who are exposed to abusive environments.
75 The CCPA has extended services by assigning resident officers to all ten administrative regions and visiting child protection and probation officers in several other regions to ensure that childcare and protection services are delivered nationwide.
76 MLHSSS, Child Care and Protection Agency Annual Reports, 2009–2013.
77 Combating Trafficking in Persons Act, Part V, S 30 (1).
78 This Plan of Action builds on earlier annual plans.
79 Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) collaborated with the Task Force to visit a major checkpoint in Region Seven (7) to observe the movement of persons entering and exiting Mining Districts #3 and #4. The Task Force carried out training of mines officers there. Informational posters are posted up at strategic points in the Mining Districts.
80 41 Police Officers and Ranks received training on TIPS which included victim identification and investigations.
81 For instance, the MoAA in collaborated with the Catholic Relief Services (CRS) conducted TIPs education and awareness training in forty four (44) Amerindian villages in 4 Administrative Regions,
82 In 2010, the MHSSS and MoED reached 1,306 in-school youth in twelve (12) schools in 5 Regions.
In 2011, in collaboration with UNICEF, the MHSSS expanded this programme in 6 Regions reaching 1,629 students and teachers in twelve (12) schools.
83 The outreach to forty-four (44) schools in 4 Administrative Regions reached 4,875 students.
Awareness sessions were held in 7 interior mining communities in Administrative Region 7 with a total participation of five hundred and eighty six (586) individuals.
84 Guyana Poverty Reduction Strategy 2011-2015 adopted in the National Assembly in 2011. See www.finance.gov.gy
85 These include:-
Income tax relief – workers earning less than GY $50,000 GY a month or a total of GY $600,000 ( $3000USD) annually do not pay any income tax. Approximately 40,000 workers and their families benefit from this relief;
No VAT charged – Essential food and baby food items and some construction items are zero-rated;
National Insurance Scheme- all employees, employers and self-employed are required by law to female headed households through a government/local commercial bank partnership;
Single Parent Assistance Programme offers training, a grant for day care facilities, and small project funds to start up micro-economic activity;
Public Assistance Programme- monthly allowances targeting the very poor and disabled.
Special and Difficult Circumstances Programme- a one-off assistance for families going through difficult time ( funerals, specialised pharmaceuticals and treatment,etc.);
Assistance with Water bills- pensioners whose water bill is in their name receive an annual waiver or subsidy from around GY $15,000 to in excess of GY $20,000.
Assistance with Electricity bill-households which utilize a low level of electricity pay a standard fee.
86 UNICEF MICS 2014 will provide updated information.
87 Guyana 2011 MDG Progress Report, see www.finance.gov.gy publications
88 See CRC/C/GUY/Q/2-4/Add.1 para # 272 Table 15 illustrates predominance of male drop outs.
89 World Economic Forum – The Global Gender Gap Report 2013, Guyana Profile
90 Under sub-categories “enrolment in primary education, secondary education and tertiary enrolments rates”, Guyana is ranked number 1 in all three of these categories.
91 See Appendix I, Table 2.
92 Equivalent to USD 161.5M
93 See CRC/C/GUY/Q/2-4/ Add.1. para 9, Table 1
94 Five more secondary schools in the interior will have to be built due to overflow of capacity of present dormitories.
95 This programme commenced in October 2014 and over 135, 969 children have so far benefitted.
96 The HEIP consists of five components: Improving the Quality of Teacher Education in the Hinterland;
Aligning Teaching-Learning Resources to Improve Students’ Outcomes; Improving Physical Facilities; Fostering Community Alliances; and Strengthening Management and Supervision in the Hinterland.
97 www.paho.org/guy/index
98 On December 10, 2014 the Ministries of Health and Finance launched the Guyana MDG Acceleration Framework and Campaign on Improving Maternal Health.
99 See Guyana’s report to UNAIDS 2014.
100 The Community Health Worker (CHW) programme continues to train community selected persons in specific skills and provide prevention and basic care in these interior communities.
101 In 2013, 205,963 malaria smears were completed compared to 169,309 in 2009. Improved and more efficient coverage has reduced morbidity and mortality.
102 The 2010 Guyana/Cuba partnership continues to offer graduate scholarships to Guyanese students in medicine, engineering and other fields in Cuba. This has lead to a significant increase in the number of doctors serving at health centers and hospitals in rural and hinterland communities.
103 Low income and poor households can apply and purchase houselots at subsidized prices and approach a commercial bank for a loan of up to GY$5Million (USD$25,000) at a concessionary low interest rate negotiated between the Government and bankers for this programme.
104 Mortgage Interest Relief was enacted in 2013 by statute which allows first time home owners to deduct the interest they pay on mortgage loans (up to GY$30M) from their taxable personal income tax. This in the long term will reduce the interest to be paid and the repayment period for homeowners.
105 Applicants can purchase a standard house and land (GY$ 5M)(US$25,000) and access a mortgage loan with certification from the CH&PA.
106 The Core (starter) houses programme assists the poorest percentile of the population who cannot afford to acquire a low income houselot and construct a house. Under its first Pilot, 400 households including households with persons with disabilities and female-headed households have benefited in 6 Administrative Regions. Government subsidizes 95.2% of the cost of home construction and the beneficiary is required to pay GY$100,000 (US$500) towards their home construction.
107 See www.guyanastatitsics.gov.gy
108 Ibid. Region 3 grew by 33.8 %, Region 7 and 9 grew by 38.6 % and 43.7 % respectively.
109 These achievements include:
• Lifted thousands of families out of poverty and crowded unsanitary living conditions;
• Provided security of tenure for thousands of poor and working people;
• Opened the doors for thousands of people previously excluded from accessing loans;
• Percentage of female headed households owning property increased significantly;
• Access to clean potable water and electricity increased to 90%;
• Created new peri-urban centres in the coastal and interior regions;
• Development of new communities that are mixed ethnically;
• Construction of new schools, health centres, hospitals, police stations, malls, and access to regular garbage collection in new housing schemes;
• Provision of land in the schemes for houses of worship and recreation;
• Expanded the tax basis for the local government bodies;
• Encouraged the creation of new community based organizations to enhance belonging and care of these new communities.
110 Over the last 4 years the sum of G$13.6 B (USD 68M) has been invested in improving the quality and level of service being provided for all Guyanese. This has resulted in an expansion and reliability of supply services across the country including nearly 100,000 persons living in new housing schemes.
111 The recently launched GoG/IDB/EU US$31,676,500 Water Supply and Sanitation Infrastructure Improvement Programme will improve the overall efficiency, quality and sustainability of the potable water in the three most populous Administrative Regions.
112 Guyana does not produce wheat and sufficient quantities of dairy products.
113 Ministry of Health Statistical Unit, 2014
114 See Table 2, Appendix I
115 In this period, 26 Community Development Plans were implemented costing over USD$1M. This includes 19 villages which are developing eco-tourism projects.
116 Projects are concentrated in seven sectors: agriculture, village infrastructure, tourism, manufacturing (including crafts), village business enterprise, mining (artisanal), and transportation.
117 In 2013, 198 persons were trained in computer skills and solar panel installation, and 430 students benefitted from the Hinterland Scholarship Programme.
118 These CSOs are paid by the MOAA.
119 See Para #118 (b)
120 See Guyana’s 2010 UPR report.
121 USD25M
122 The functions of the Criminal and Justice Committees are to advise on all programmes and policy matters pertaining to the criminal justice area; serve as a focal point for leadership, guidance, coordination, development and implementation of reform programmes and activities in criminal justice area; develop, review and make recommendations for the improvement of the criminal justice system; the promotion of the inter-governmental and inter-agency cooperation and coordination; and promote public awareness of the issues, alternatives and goals in the criminal justice area among others. A Criminal Justice Committee has been established in each of the three counties in Guyana.
122 The functions of the Criminal and Justice Committees are to advise on all programmes and policy matters pertaining to the criminal justice area; serve as a focal point for leadership, guidance, coordination, development and implementation of reform programmes and activities in criminal justice area; develop, review and make recommendations for the improvement of the criminal justice system; the promotion of the inter-governmental and inter-agency cooperation and coordination; and promote public awareness of the issues, alternatives and goals in the criminal justice area among others. A Criminal Justice Committee has been established in each of the three counties in Guyana.