CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – St Lucia’s ambassador to the United Nations, Dr.June Soomer, will likely be formally put in because the Chair of the United Nations Everlasting Discussion board for Individuals of African Descent subsequent week.
The everlasting mission was formally established in 2021 as a consultative mechanism for individuals of African descent and different related stakeholders to enhance their security, high quality of life, and livelihoods.
The Everlasting Discussion board additionally serves as an advisory physique to the U.N. Human Rights Council by this system of actions for implementing the Worldwide Decade for Individuals of African Descent.
Final 12 months, Soomer was named its titular head forward of this 12 months’s customary set up on Tuesday.
The discussion board contains representatives from completely different world areas, together with the Caribbean Group.
In keeping with Soomer, her mission is to help within the dismantling of systemic racism that continues to dehumanize Africans and folks of African descent.
She additionally stated that she plans to relentlessly advocate for reparations, which she is going to pursue by way of lectures and analysis.
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