Expanded, reformed UN Security Council a must

George Talbot

Caricom has reiterated its position on the reform of the United Nations Security Council, including its expansion and the addition of a rotating seat to facilitate greater participation by small island developing states.

Addressing the Second Meeting of the Ninth Round of the Inter-Governmental Negotiations on Security Council Reform on behalf of Caricom, Guyana’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador George Talbot noted that the calls for reform go “back several decades”.

“It is the firm belief of Caricom delegations that we must keep in view and work assiduously to fulfil the mandate of our Heads for early reform of the Security Council in order to make it more broadly representative, efficient and transparent and thus to