A/HRC/44/16/Add.1 Recommendations Position Comments Statelessness. 100.8 and 100.9 Noted 100.10 Noted 100.11 Supported 100.12 Noted 100.13 Noted 100.14 Noted 100.15 Noted 100.16 Noted 100.17 Noted 100.18 Noted 100.19 Noted 100.20 Noted 100.21 Noted 100.22 Noted 100.23 Noted 100.24 Noted 100.25 Noted 100.26 Noted 100.27 Supported 100.28 Supported 100.29 Supported 100.30 Supported 100.31 Noted 100.32 Supported Although Guyana has not acceded to the American Convention on Human Rights to date, Guyana is and remains committed to the observance and promulgation of the Principles of the Charter of the Organization of American states. It has advocated and complied as a member country of the OAS with its principles of the protection and preservation of democracy and human rights. Guyana has already acceded to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. The new Government has established a Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs and Governance on August 2, 2020 whose mandate includes the national mechanism for reporting and follow-up of its human rights treaty obligations. As a constitutional body, financial resources have been allocated in the 2020 Budget (now being debated in the Legislature), the procedure for the appointment of the Chairman as provided in the Constitution will be addressed. 3