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UN family in Guyana holds interactive session at Berbice schools
The United Nations family in Guyana on Tuesday held an interactive workshop for secondary schools in Berbice in an effort to raise awareness of its role and responsibilities in Guyana.
Participants at the session.
The activity is part of a series of events to mark United Nations (UN) month which is held in October each year. United Nations Day is observed on October 24th and this year it is being held under the theme “International Year of Family Farming”.
It was explained that the UN was established on the 24th October 1945 at the end of the Second World War, with the aim of bringing world peace and promoting international cooperation.
The UN body, though made up of a number of organizations, has six major sectors namely -the General Assembly, the Security Council, the Economic and Social Council, the Secretariat, the Trusteeship Council and the International Court of Justice.
The General Assembly is where all the 193 countries meet and each of them including Guyana, has a vote. The Security Council has fifteen countries, five of which are USA, Russia, UK, France and China which are permanent members, while the other 10 are rotated.
The UN has evolved over the years and is involved in a number of social and other activities worldwide. There are a number of different sectors that makes up the UN family and a number of them have offices in Guyana while others have offices in other countries, but also oversee operations in Guyana. Among them are The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), The United Nations Education Scientific and Culture Organisation(UNESCO), the World Health Organisation/ Pan American Health Organisation/ (WHO/PAHO) The Food and Agriculture Organisation(FAO), the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), the United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS),the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). While the UN has these statuary bodies, other groups and committees are set up from time to time to deal with pressing issues.
The students were told that while the UN generally focuses on economic, social and human rights issues, the organization carry out its mandate as outlined in the United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF).
The gathering was also addressed by a representative of the United Nations of Guyana (UNAG) Group in Berbice.
There was also an interactive session involving the UN representatives and the students. They were showed videos and power point presentations on the work of the UN and were told how they could become a part of the UN family in Guyana.
The activity was coordinated by UN Analyst Yolanda Durant-Mckimon.
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