Guyana has assumed the rotating presidency of the United Nations Safety Council for the month of June, taking the helm of the Council’s agenda throughout a interval of escalating world battle and gradual progress towards sustainable improvement targets.
The Caribbean nation, which started its present two-year time period on the Council in January 2024, will lead a packed calendar of conferences addressing crises in Syria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iraq, Afghanistan, Central Africa, Sudan, Libya, and Yemen. The Council will even maintain a mandated session on Decision 2334, which issues Israeli settlements in Palestinian territories.
A key characteristic of Guyana’s presidency can be a Excessive-Stage Open Debate on June 19, chaired by President Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali. The controversy, titled “Poverty, Underdevelopment and Battle: Implications for the Upkeep of Worldwide Peace and Safety,” will discover how poverty and underdevelopment serve each as causes and penalties of battle. Audio system will embrace representatives from the UN system, the African Union, and varied UN Member States. The occasion comes as armed conflicts proceed to rise and the 2030 Sustainable Growth Objectives stay off monitor.
Guyana will even convene the annual Open Debate on Kids and Armed Battle on June 25. Briefings can be delivered by Virginia Gamba, the UN Secretary-Normal’s Particular Consultant for Kids and Armed Battle, and UNICEF Government Director Catherine Russell. Member States will reply to the Secretary-Normal’s newest annual report on the difficulty.
All through the month, Guyana plans to highlight a number of of its precedence points: battle prevention, the hyperlink between safety and improvement, the consequences of local weather change on peace and safety, the safety of youngsters in battle zones, and the ladies, peace and safety agenda.
The Council’s Programme of Work is predicted to be adopted on Monday, June 2, after which Guyana’s Everlasting Consultant to the UN, Ambassador Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, will temporary the media on the month’s agenda and goals.
This marks Guyana’s third time serving on the Safety Council, following earlier phrases in 1975–1976 and 1982–1983.
