Mrs. Rodrigues-Birkett

Mrs. Rodrigues-Birkett

Guyana
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217
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GUY S/PV.9860 Feb. 17, 2025

I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the three African members of the Security Council plus (A3+), namely, Algeria, Sierra Leone, Somalia and my own country, Guyana. The A3+ acknowledges the efforts of the United States, as the penholder, in facilitating the negotiation process.…

GUY S/PV.9856 Feb. 10, 2025

I thank Under-Secretary-General Vladimir Voronkov and Executive Director Natalia Gherman for their briefings. Terrorism today remains a grave and urgent threat to international peace and security. Only last month, we gathered in this very room to discuss the increasingly devastating impact of terro…

GUY S/PV.9852 Jan. 28, 2025

I thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this important briefing. I also express Guyana’s appreciation to Mr. Philippe Lazzarini, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) Commissioner-General, and to Mr. Jan Egeland, Secretary General of the Norwegian …

GUY S/PV.9851 Jan. 27, 2025

I thank Prosecutor Karim Khan for his presentation of the fortieth report pursuant to resolution 1593 (2005) and for his sobering briefing. I also welcome the participation of the Permanent Representative of the Sudan in today’s meeting. Guyana welcomes the report on the implementation of the manda…

GUY S/PV.9846 Jan. 23, 2025

I thank Under-Secretary-General Fletcher for his briefing and Ms. Nateel for her sobering testimony. The subject of today’s meeting reminds us of the worst consequences of war — its devastating impact on children. It reminds us of why peace must always be the only choice. Over the past 15 months we…

GUY S/PV.9843 Jan. 22, 2025

I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the three African members of the Security Council plus (A3+), namely Algeria, Sierra Leone, Somalia and my country, Guyana. We thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Carlos Ruiz Massieu for his briefing and commend him and the …

GUY S/PV.9844 Jan. 22, 2025

I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the three African members of the Security Council plus (A3+), namely, Algeria, Sierra Leone, Somalia and my own country, Guyana. We thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Salvador and Executive Director Waly for their sobering …

GUY S/PV.9842 Jan. 21, 2025

I would like to thank you, Mr. President, and the delegation of Algeria for your leadership in convening this important meeting on strengthening African-led initiatives to combat terrorism. We also appreciate Today’s discussion underscores the challenges and opportunities in our collective fight ag…

GUY S/PV.9841 Jan. 20, 2025

I would like to thank you, Mr. President, and the delegation of Algeria for convening this timely debate. I also thank the Secretary-General, His Excellency Mr. António Guterres, for his comprehensive briefing, and indeed for his leadership and strident advocacy for peace in the Middle East. We are…

GUY S/PV.9840 Jan. 17, 2025

I thank Under-Secretary-General Lacroix and Major General Gauchat for their briefings. As conflict proliferated across the Middle East over the past year, the essential roles played by the peacekeepers and civilian staff of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) and the United Nati…

GUY S/PV.9839 Jan. 16, 2025

I thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo for her briefing, and I welcome the participation of the representatives of Ukraine, Poland, Romania, Estonia and the European Union in today’s meeting. Even as we approach the third year of this war, there appears to be no respite from the mounting wave of v…

GUY S/PV.9836 Jan. 15, 2025

Guyana voted in favour of the resolution renewing the reporting request for the Secretary-General to provide monthly reports on Houthi attacks on vessels in the Red Sea until 15 July 2025 (resolution 2768 (2025)). We thank the United States and Greece for their efforts. Guyana believes that the rep…

GUY S/PV.9825 Dec. 20, 2024

I deliver this statement on behalf of the informal co-focal points on conflict and hunger to the Security Council, Switzerland and my country, Guyana. We thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Simão for his briefing and express our support for his work and that of his team. We also th…

GUY S/PV.9823 Dec. 20, 2024

Guyana welcomes the adoption of resolution 2764 (2024) on ensuring sustainable child protection capacity, including during United Nations peace operation transitions, which we were pleased to vote for and co-sponsor. I thank the delegation of Malta for this valuable initiative, which places child pr…

GUY S/PV.9821 Dec. 19, 2024

I would like to thank Secretary of State Blinken and the United States Security Council presidency for convening today’s meeting. I also thank the Secretary-General and Professors LeCun and Li for their insightful briefings. We are currently in an era of rapid advancement of artificial intelligence…

GUY S/PV.9819 Dec. 18, 2024

I thank Assistant Secretary-General Khiari for his briefing and Ms. Efron and Mr. Levy for the perspectives they shared. Guyana notes with concern that no steps were taken by Israel to comply with the provisions of resolution 2334 (2016) since the Secretary-General’s most recent report on the imple…

GUY S/PV.9816 Dec. 16, 2024

I thank Ms. Doughten for the update and echo her concern about the grave humanitarian impact of the war. The sobering statistics heard this afternoon once again serve to underscore the fact that civilians are bearing the brunt of the conflict. Despite repeated calls by the international community f…

GUY S/PV.9810 Dec. 12, 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, and my own country, Guyana (A3+). The A3+ thanks the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mi…

GUY S/PV.9807 Dec. 11, 2024

I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the three African members of the Security Council, namely, Algeria, Mozambique, Sierra Leone and my country, Guyana (A3+). The A3+ thanks Ambassador Joonkook Hwang for his succinct overview of the work of the Committee established pursuant to…

GUY S/PV.9795 Nov. 26, 2024

I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting. I also wish to thank Director Lisa Doughten, Under-Secretary- General Gilles Michaud and Ms. Abby Stoddard of Humanitarian Outcomes for their comprehensive briefings. I express Guyana’s immense gratitude to them and their teams for the dedicati…