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2 days ago | passblue.com | Banjo Damilola

As Israel’s war on Gaza intensifies, Guyana’s permanent representative to the United Nations, Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, reaffirmed the need for a two-state solution as the only lasting path to end the conflict. “I know that there are many who seem to think that the two-state solution is fading, but this is not what Guyana believes, and this is not what the majority of the United Nations member states believe,” she told PassBlue in an exclusive interview.

2 days ago | passblue.com | Banjo Damilola

As Israel’s war on Gaza intensifies, Guyana’s permanent representative to the United Nations, Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, reaffirmed the need for a two-state solution as the only lasting path to end the conflict. “I know that there are many who seem to think that the two-state solution is fading, but this is not what Guyana believes, and this is not what the majority of the United Nations member states believe,” she told PassBlue in an exclusive interview.

5 days ago | passblue.com | Banjo Damilola

The Guyana delegation to the United Nations is building a strong alliance with Africa through the country’s two-year term on the Security Council. Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, Guyana’s permanent representative to the UN, counted enhancing the Afro-Caribbean alliance as one of her country’s proudest diplomatic accomplishments during its tenure, which ends on Dec. 31, 2025.

1 week ago | passblue.com | Arthur Bassas

Some good news: The winners of the 2025 UN Nelson Mandela Prize are Brenda Reynolds, a social worker of Saulteaux heritage supporting the Indigenous communities in Canada; and Kennedy Odede, founder of Shining Hope for Communities, a Kenyan group working in urban slums. The prizes will be awarded as part of Nelson Mandela International Day, July 18. This Week @UN: Women persevere; US defense boss bashes “feminists”; US cuts UN midwife projects; US blocks UN Gaza ceasefire text.

1 week ago | passblue.com | Banjo Damilola

The United States is pulling all its weight to ensure there is no new United Nations resolution on Gaza, sources close to the negotiations on a draft text told PassBlue. The Security Council is negotiating a text, led by the 10 elected members, calling for a ceasefire and returning the hostages as well as alleviating the catastrophic humanitarian situation in the Palestinian enclave.