Reports are that Grenada has been elected to the Executive Board of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
On April 20, 2021, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, the United Nations Economic and Social Council elected Grenada, by acclamation, for the three-year term 2022-2024.
Grenada i9s said to have secured the only seat available to the Latin American and Caribbean Group and joins 13 other countries elected to serve on the Executive Board beginning January 1, 2022.
The Executive Board is the governing body of UNICEF, providing inter-governmental support and oversight to the organisation, in accordance with the overall policy guidance of the United Nations General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council.
In the Caribbean region, UNICEF works on leadership inspiring a common vision of children’s rights and ensuring that every right of the child is fulfilled.
Grenada brings to the board of UNICEF its experiences in programming and its ongoing approach for advocacy for every child.
Grenada’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Keisha Mc Guire welcomes the country’s new role on the UNICEF board.
She said, “UNICEF has played an integral role in the development agenda, particularly with social protection in the region.
It is one of the more visible UN agencies in the Caribbean and now with Grenada being a member on the executive board will be enabled us to have its perspectives shared at the highest level in the agency’s
work.
