The Prime Min­is­ters of Saint Vin­cent and the Grenadines, Bar­ba­dos, Ja­maica, and Be­lize will ad­dress the morn­ing ses­sion of the Unit­ed Na­tions Gen­er­al As­sem­bly de­bate, which re­sumes to­day, 26 Sep­tem­ber, from 9 am (East­ern Caribbean Time).

Trinidad and To­ba­go and An­tigua and Bar­bu­da are sched­uled for the af­ter­noon ses­sion.

The High-Lev­el Meet­ing to Com­mem­o­rate and Pro­mote the In­ter­na­tion­al Day for the To­tal Elim­i­na­tion of Nu­clear Weapons con­venes at 10 am.

On 25 Sep­tem­ber, UN Sec­re­tary-Gen­er­al An­tónio Guter­res met with Suri­name’s Pres­i­dent Jen­nifer Geer­lings-Si­mons. They dis­cussed ways to ad­dress the cli­mate cri­sis, pre­serve bio­di­ver­si­ty, and strength­en for­est pro­tec­tion.

Ear­li­er, on 21 Sep­tem­ber, the Sec­re­tary-Gen­er­al met with Guyana’s Pres­i­dent Mo­hamed Ir­faan Ali. They dis­cussed ef­forts by Guyana and Caribbean coun­tries to fight cli­mate change, avoid de­for­esta­tion, and safe­guard for­est cov­er. The Sec­re­tary-Gen­er­al con­grat­u­lat­ed Guyana on its elec­tion as a non-per­ma­nent mem­ber of the Se­cu­ri­ty Coun­cil for the 2024–2025 term. They al­so ex­changed views on the sit­u­a­tion in Haiti.