Prime Minister Andrew Holness addressed the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, reaffirming Jamaica’s 63-year commitment to peace, equality, and cooperation while calling for urgent reform of the multilateral system. He highlighted the daily reality of climate change for small island states, urging fairer financing through tools like the Multidimensional Vulnerability Index, and condemned both the October 7, 2023 attack on Israel and the humanitarian toll of the counteroffensive

Guyana’s UN Envoy Voices Support for Haiti as Security Council Adopts Resolution 2793 Guyana’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Carolyn Rodrigues Birkett, delivered a statement on behalf of the A3 group of countries—Algeria, Sierra Leone, Somalia, and Guyana—welcoming the Security Council’s adoption of Resolution 2793 on Haiti. The resolution authorizes the transition of the Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission into a new Gang Suppression Force (GSF) and establi

2.9K views · 36 reactions | The 47-member United Nations Human Rights Council voted 28 in favour✅to 6 against❎with 13 abstentions on a resolution backing a call to cease the sale, transfer and diversion of arms, munitions and other military equipment to #Israel. | UN Web TV | Facebook