Guyana elected to two UN bodies
Guyana’s Permanent UN Rep. Ambassador George Talbot, and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon following the appointments
Guyana was yesterday elected by acclamation to the Executive Board of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and to the Programme Coordination Board for the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS.
Both appointments are for three-year terms which commence on January 1, 2013. The candidatures were endorsed by CARICOM member states and by the wider Group of Latin American and Caribbean States.
As the governing body of UNICEF, the Executive Board provides intergovernmental support and oversight to UNICEF, reviews its activities and approves its policies, country programmes and budgets. The Board meets three times each calendar year.
The Programme Coordination Board serves as the governance structure of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and guides the work of the programme on issues concerning policy, strategy, finance monitoring and evaluation of the programme. The Executive Director of UNAIDS reports directly to the Programme Coordination Board.
The Executive Board of the United Nations Children’s fund (UNICEF) comprises 36 members while the Programme Coordination Board comprises 22 members with both agencies members representing the five geographical regions. Members are elected for three year terms.
As a member of the Executive Board of UNICEF and the Programme Coordination Board of UNAIDS, Guyana will play an active and constructive part to help guide the activities and policies of both agencies during its term.
