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United Nations General Assembly
Government
Belize Elected to Economic and Social Council
The United Nations General Assembly met on June 7th, 2021 to elect new members of the UN’s Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) by secret ballot. Belize won, by a wide margin, one of the three seats assigned to the Latin America and Caribbean region on the council for the term 2022 to 2024.
Community and Society
Belize is one of the First Countries to Support New Global Alliance “30by30”
The 30by30 initiative is a call to action for at least a 30% target of the global ocean to be under protected status as marine protected areas by the year 2030. This call was first made by the Government of the United Kingdom at the United Nations General Assembly last year, at which Belize was represented by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Honourable Wilfred Elrington.
Government
Statement by Foreign Minister at the 71st UNGA
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hon. Wilfred Elrington delivers speech at the seventy-first session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).
Government
Territorial Dispute heading to the ICJ?
On October 2nd Belize Minister of Foreign Affairs Wilfred Elrington announced that an agreement has been signed to take the Belize-Guatemala territorial dispute to...
Community and Society
Mrs. Kim Simplis Barrow hosts the First Ladies Global Call to Action Conference on Women and Girls’ Financial Health At the United Nations
For Immediate Release
September 25th, 2014
Mrs. Kim Simplis Barrow, the Special Envoy for Women and Children and Spouse of the Prime Minister of Belize, hosted...
Politics and Government
Launch of ICCPR National Report Consultations
Belmopan
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is pleased to announce the formal launch of national consultations on the International Covenant on Civil...
