Suriname Tuesday said the in-coming United Nations Secretary General must portray strong commitment to multilateralism, dialogue, and the rule of law as it endorsed the Guyana diplomat Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett for the position.
“Many capable candidates, including women leaders, who have taken up the challenge have been put forth, and for the first time in history, we have a female candidate from the Caribbean,” Suriname President Jennifer Geerlings-Simons told the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).
The incumbent Antonio Guterres will leave office at the end of December at the end of his second five-year term
President Geerlings -Simons told the international community that the 15-member regional integration movement, CARICOM, endorses Rodriques-Birkett’s candidacy, adding “we are at that time in history where trust in the United Nations must urgently be restored.
