Guyana was one of the United Nations (UN) countries that voted in favour of a resolution condemning the situation in Syria. The resolution backs a plan put forward by the Arab League to end the 11-month long suffering of Syrians, who oppose current President Bashar al-Assad, at the hands of armed Syrian forces. The UN has said that more than 5,000 of them have been killed.
According to the UN General Assembly website, Guyana and sister Caribbean nations Barbados Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago
