Statements

Statement by H.E. Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, Permanent Representative of Guyana to the United Nations, at Security Council meeting on 'The Situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question'

Mr. President,

I thank Special Coordinator Wennesland for his briefing on the Secretary General’s report on the implementation of resolution 2334. The report provides another grim picture of developments in the Israeli/Palestinian conflict and, sadly, highlights the ever-widening chasm between the legal obligations of the occupying power and the latter’s compliance with those obligations. The Council must act urgently to stem this tide of impunity and to put an end to the indignities that the Palestinian people are subjected to on a daily basis.


Mr. President,

Statement by Ambassador Trishala Persaud, Deputy Permanent Representative of Guyana to the United Nations, at Security Council Briefing on Non-proliferation (Iran)

Thank you, Mr. President,

I thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo, Ambassador Lambrinidis and Ambassador Frazier for their briefings. I also acknowledge the presence of the Representatives of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Federal Republic of Germany.

A3+ Statement delivered by H.E. Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, Permanent Representative of Guyana to the United Nations, at Security Council Briefing on the Situation in Afghanistan

Mr. President

I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the A3+, namely Algeria, Mozambique, Sierra Leone and my own country, Guyana.  

The A3+ thanks the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNAMA, Mrs. Roza Otunbayeva for her briefing. We have also listened carefully to the CSO representative, Ms Manizha Wafeq.

Statement by H.E. Carolyn-Rodrigues-Birkett, Permanent Representative of Guyana to the UN at Security Council Arria-Formula Meeting on "Combating the Rise of Terrorism and Violent Extremism in West Africa and the Sahel"

Thank you, Mr. President,

I thank Sierra Leone for convening this Arria-formula meeting which Guyana was pleased to co-sponsor along with our A3+ colleagues. I also thank Special Representative Leonardo Santos Simão, ASG Natalia Gherman, ASG Martha Pobee, Ambassador Abdel-Fatau Musah and Dr. Richard Apau for their briefings.