Guyana was on January 18th elected to the post of Vice President in the Bureau of the Executive Board of the United Nations Children’s Fund, a release from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday said.
Guyana will serve on the Bureau for the year 2013 in the seat allocated to the Latin American and Caribbean group. Other members of the Bureau are Finland as President of the Bureau in the seat allocated to the Western European and Other Groups), Iran as Vice President in the seat allocated to Asia, Kenya as Vice President in the seat allotted to Africa and Albania as Vice President in the seat set aside for Eastern Europe. The Ministry said that the Bureau assists the Executive Board in its oversight responsibilities and the facilitation of decision-making. Guyana was elected to the Executive Board of UNICEF last year for a three-year term starting in 2013. The Ministry said that it is one of five members from the Group of Latin American and Caribbean countries on the Executive Board, the others being Antigua and Barbuda, Colombia, Cuba and Haiti.
The Executive Board of UNICEF has 36 members.
