Mrs. Rodrigues-Birkett

Mrs. Rodrigues-Birkett

Guyana
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217
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GUY A/78/PV.58 Feb. 26, 2024

We assemble today to mark a significant and solemn anniversary. We have now entered the third year of the war in Ukraine. As we witness the proliferation of armed conflicts around the world, Guyana reaffirms its commitment to the principles of respect for sovereignty, territorial integrity and non-i…

GUY S/PV.9540 Jan. 31, 2024

Guyana expresses its appreciation to the delegation of Algeria for requesting this meeting, and to Under-Secretary- General Griffiths for his briefing. We meet for the fourth time this month on the Palestinian question. Each briefing brings reports of more lives lost and an ever-worsening situation…

GUY S/PV.9538 Jan. 29, 2024

I thank the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Mr. Karim Khan, for his sobering presentation of the thirty-eighth report on the situation in Darfur. I welcome the participation of the Permanent Representative of the Sudan in today’s meeting. The International Criminal Court remains cri…

GUY S/PV.9535 Jan. 25, 2024

I deliver this statement on behalf of the three African members of the Security Council, namely, Algeria, Mozambique and Sierra Leone, as well as my own country, Guyana (A3+1). I thank Ms. María Isabel Salvador, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Haiti; Ms. Ghada Fathi Waly, Execut…

GUY S/PV.9537 Jan. 25, 2024

I thank Under- Secretary-General DiCarlo for the briefing provided. We are saddened to hear reports that 74 lives were lost in the plane crash yesterday in the region of Belgorod. We take note that the full circumstances of the crash are yet to be determined and hope that the results of the investi…

GUY S/PV.9534 Jan. 23, 2024

I thank you, Mr. President, for convening today’s very important and timely meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General for his briefing on the situation in Gaza and his update on the implementation of resolution 2…

GUY S/PV.9533 Jan. 22, 2024

I thank Mr. Adedeji Ebo, Director and Deputy to the High Representative of the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs, for his insightful briefing. I took note of the concern expressed about the risks of the diversion of weapons and ammunition and the need to ensure that arms transfers compl…

GUY S/PV.9531 Jan. 12, 2024

I express my appreciation to Under-Secretary-General Martin Griffiths and Assistant Secretary-General Ilze Brands Kehris for their sobering and informative briefings. Guyana is deeply concerned about the forced displacement of the population in Gaza since 7 October 2023. We take note that many Pale…

GUY S/PV.9532 Jan. 12, 2024

We thank you, Mr. President, for convening this urgent meeting to receive an update from Assistant Secretary-General Khiari on recent developments in Yemen, and we thank the Assistant Secretary-General for his briefing. We join other Council members in expressing concern about the impact of recent …

GUY S/PV.9530 Jan. 11, 2024

I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the three African members of the Security Council, namely, Algeria, Mozambique and Sierra Leone, as well as my own country, Guyana (A3+1). We wish to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Ver…

GUY S/PV.9526 Jan. 10, 2024

I thank Under- Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo and Ms. Edem Wosornu, Director for Operations and Advocacy for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, for their briefings, and recognize the presence of the representatives of Ukraine, Estonia, Germany, Italy, Poland and the Europea…

GUY S/PV.9525 Jan. 3, 2024

Permit me to extend my delegation’s congratulations and best wishes to you, Mr. President, on France’s assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of January, and also to congratulate Ambassador José De La Gasca and the Ecuadorian team for their excellent presidency in Decembe…

GUY A/78/PV.39 Nov. 28, 2023

Guyana aligns itself with the statement delivered by the representative of Jamaica on behalf of the Caribbean Community, and I would like to make a further contribution in my national capacity. We are meeting at a particularly difficult juncture in the Palestinian people’s struggle for justice, fre…

GUY A/78/PV.36 Nov. 17, 2023

Guyana aligns itself with the statements delivered by the representatives of Saint Lucia, on behalf of the Caribbean Community, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, on behalf of the L.69 group (see A/78/PV.34). We thank the President for convening this annual debate and welcome the reappointment o…

GUY A/78/PV.28 Nov. 7, 2023

At the outset, I wish to express Guyana’s appreciation to the President of the International Court of Justice, Judge Joan Donaghue, for her detailed report on the activities of the Court (A/78/4). The International Court of Justice continues to contribute to the peaceful settlement of disputes arou…

GUY A/78/PV.24 Nov. 1, 2023

Guyana aligns itself with the statements delivered by the representatives of Saint Lucia, on behalf of the Caribbean Community; Uganda, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China; St. Vincent and the Grenadines, on behalf of the Community of Latin America and the Caribbean; and Azerbaijan, on behalf of …

GUY S/PV.9430 Oct. 2, 2023

My delegation congratulates Brazil on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for the month of October. We acknowledge the presence of His Excellency Mr. Jean Victor Généus, Foreign Minister of Haiti. Guyana aligns itself with the statement delivered on behalf of the Caribbean Community (CA…

GUY A/78/PV.14 Sept. 26, 2023

In his address to the General Assembly at its seventy-eighth session on Friday, 23 September, the Minister of the People’s Power for Foreign Affairs of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela allowed himself to state falsehoods that were excessive even by Venezuela’s customary standards of untruthfulne…

GUY A/77/PV.94 July 25, 2023

I thank the Secretary-General for his report on the activities of the new United Nations Youth Office (A/77/955). Indeed, I wish to recall that the establishment of the new Youth Office is the first deliverable from the Secretary- General’s recommendations in his report, Our Common Agenda (A/75/982)…

GUY A/77/PV.55 Dec. 16, 2022

On behalf of the Credentials Committee, I have the honour to introduce the report of the Credentials Committee concerning the credentials of the representatives to the seventy-seventh session of the General Assembly, as contained in document A/77/600. The Committee had before it two communications …