AS HOPES grew dim for finding more survivors of the terrorist attacks in the United States, authorities yesterday said no more Guyanese have been reported missing.

Guyana's Ambassador to Washington, Dr.Odeen Ishmael told the Chronicle there were no more reports of any other Guyanese missing after the September 11 attacks in Washington and New York.

As many as 21 Guyanese who worked in the World Trade Center's (WTC) twin towers, which collapsed after hijacked commercial airplanes were flown into them, have been reported missing.

Ishmael said many families are "still hoping" and are fearful of believing the worst, while some have been holding "wakes" for their loved ones.

Guyanese authorities are trying to get into contact with relatives of all those missing and were up to yesterday seeking telephone numbers, Ishmael said.

He said Guyana's Consul General in New York, Mr. Brentnol Evans has been visiting some of the distressed families in that city to connect with them in a personal way and he plans to do the same when he is next there.

A Caribbean Media Corporation report said more than 50 Caribbean people have been reported missing and a few confirmed dead.

Apart from the 21 Guyanese, up to 16 Jamaicans, four nationals of Trinidad and Tobago and a similar number from Antigua and Barbuda cannot be found.

Almost 6,000 people are missing and feared dead in the aftermath of the attacks.

The WTC 110-storey towers were demolished and while several
persons escaped from the building before disaster struck and others were fortunate to be away from work when the tragedy occurred, thousands are

believed to be entombed in the ruins.

Several of the Caribbean nationals worked on the upper floors of the WTC.

Ambassador Ishmael said nationals from 61 countries have been reported missing, 27 of which are in the Americas. Guyana has the highest number for the Caribbean.

Among the Guyanese nationals are Ronald Singh, Kamini Singh, Farah Khan, Amarnauth Latchman, Shiv Sankar, Anette Dataram, Nizam Hafiz, Patrick Adams, Charles Gregory John, Babita Guman, Sita Sewnarine, Joyce Stanton, Patricia Stanton, Ricknauth Jaggernauth, Shevonne Mentis, Ameena Rasool, Astrid Sohan, Hardai Parbhu and Kris Romeo Bishundat, who is of Guyanese parentage.

In a special session in Washington yesterday, all the Organisation of American States (OAS) ambassadors expressed solidarity with the U.S in the wake of the tragedy, Ishmael said.

The session also decided on a meeting of all Foreign Ministers of the OAS tomorrow in Washington at which Ishmael will represent Guyana's Foreign Minister, Dr. Rudy Insanally.

Ishmael said the session also called a meeting of the Foreign Ministers of all the Rio Treaty states in Washington tomorrow.

The Rio Treaty was established by the OAS in 1947 and member states are bound to help each other militarily and otherwise if called upon to do so, Ishmael said.

Of the 34 states of the OAS, some 24 are Rio Treaty members.