Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Ambassador Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, Guyana's Permanent Representative to the United Nations

Guyana Security Council Statements

Statement by Ms. Neishanta Benn, Minister Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Guyana to the UN at the Arria-Formula Meeting on “Harnessing safe, inclusive, trustworthy AI for the maintenance of international peace and security”

04 Apr 2025

Thank you, Chair,

Guyana welcomes the convening of this Arria-formula meeting focused on “Harnessing safe, inclusive and trustworthy artificial intelligence for the maintenance of international peace and security”. I thank Mr.…

Amb. Trishala Persaud delivering statement at UNSC Arria-Formula meeting on Small Arms Control and Weapons Management in UN Sanctions Regimes

Statement delivered by Ambassador Trishala Persaud, Chargé d'affaires, Permanent Mission of Guyana to the United Nations, at Security Council Arria- Formula meeting on Small Arms Control and Weapons Management in UN Sanctions Regimes

04 Apr 2025

Thank you, Chair, and I thank Sierra Leone for organizing this Arria-Formula Meeting, which Guyana is pleased to co-sponsor along with the other members of the A3+.

We welcome the opportunity to contribute to this critical discussion on…

Statement delivered by Ambassador Trishala Persaud, Chargé d’Affaires, a.i., Permanent Mission of Guyana to the UN, at the UNSC briefing on “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question"

03 Apr 2025

Thank you, Mr. President,

I express appreciation to the delegation of Algeria for requesting this meeting. I also thank Mr. Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, and Dr. Younes Al-Khatib, President of the Palestine Red…

A3+ statement delivered by His Excellency Dr. Michael Kanu, Permanent Representative of Sierra Leone to the United Nations at the United Nations Security Council briefing on Peace Consolidation in West Africa

03 Apr 2025

Mr. President,

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

2. We thank Mr. Leonardo Santos Simão, Special Representative of the Secretary…

04 Apr 2025

United Nations Security Council Press Statement on Myanmar

The members of the Security Council expressed their deepest sympathy and condolences to those affected by the earthquake that struck central Myanmar on 28 March 2025, and also…

28 Mar 2025

United Nations Security Council Press Statement on the recent developments in Bosnia and Herzegovina

The members of the Security Council expressed their deep concern over recent developments in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The members of the Security Council reconfirmed…

27 Mar 2025

United Nations Security Council Press Statement on the terrorist attack in Niger

The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the cowardly terrorist attack by the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara in Kokorou, Niger on 21 March 2025…