Guyana has taken its seat as an elected member of the United Nations Security Council for a two-year term 2024-2025, the Foreign Affairs Ministry said Tuesday.
The country took up the role alongside other newly elected members, including Algeria, Republic of Korea, Sierra Leone and Slovenia.
Permanent Representative of Guyana to the United Nations, Ambassador Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, installed the Guyana flag outside the Council chambers.
A Ministry statement said Ambassador Rodrigues-Birkett stressed that the task of maintaining international peace and security is growing increasingly complex with multidimensional challenges, and that the Council is, therefore, compelled to be proactive in addressing potential sources of conflict, and comprehensive in its response to existing conflict situations.
She stated that Guyana will seek a people-centered approach, including the involvement of women and youth in the search for solutions, ever mindful that conflict is a driver of poverty and underdevelopment and therefore inimical to the achievement of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.
The theme of Guyana’s participation in the Security Council is “Partnering for Peace and Prosperity”. Guyana’s tenure on the Council will be rooted in a firm commitment to multilateralism and guided by the priorities of (i) climate change, food insecurity and conflict; (ii) peacebuilding and conflict prevention; (iii) women, peace and security; (iv) protection of children in armed conflict; and (v) youth, peace and security.
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In keeping with these priorities, Guyana has endorsed the ‘Joint Pledge on Climate, Peace, and Security’ and joined the ‘Statement of Shared Commitments on Women, Peace, and Security’.
This will be Guyana’s third time serving on the Council following terms in 1975 – 1976 and 1982-1983.
