CARICOM ambassadors lobby Security Council for Caribbean UN chief
Envoys are pressing Council members to back Guyana's Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett ahead of the next Secretary-General straw poll.
NEW YORK, United States. CARICOM ambassadors at the United Nations have begun high-level talks with members of the Security Council ahead of the next straw poll to choose the UN Secretary-General.
The caucus, which includes St Kitts and Nevis's Ambassador to the UN Dr Mutryce Williams, met several Council members at the Permanent Mission of St Kitts and Nevis on 13 October, with further meetings planned during the week.
The region is backing Ambassador Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett of Guyana, a former foreign minister and former permanent representative to the UN.
The ambassadors argue that it is the turn of Latin America and the Caribbean to lead the organisation and that CARICOM's nominee deserves serious consideration.
"CARICOM stands united behind Ambassador Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett," the caucus said.
