PRESIDENT KENYATTA HEADLINES KENYA’S PRESIDENCY AT THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL BY PRESIDING OVER A HIGH-LEVEL OPEN DEBATE

New York, USA, 12 October 202, (MFA Press) …  His Excellency President Uhuru Kenyatta, on October 12, 2021 headlined Kenya’s Presidency of the United Nations Security Council by presiding over the High-Level Open Debate at the Security Council under the theme – ‘Diversity, State Building and the Search for Peace.” Speaking at the high-level signature […]

KENYA SIGNS THREE AGREEMENTS WITH BARBADOS

Kenya has signed three bilateral agreements with Barbados that are meant to promote and enhance bilateral and trade relations between Kenya and the Island nation.  The agreements on Trade and Investment, Bilateral Air Service and the International Section of the National Botanical Garden were signed following a Joint Business forum and a Joint Commission for […]

KENYA’S SIGNATURE EVENT AT THE HELM OF THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL –THREAT POSED BY ILLICIT FLOWS OF SMALL ARMS AND LIGHT WEAPONS

Kenya as the President of the Security Council in the month of October 2021, held the first signature event on Illicit Small Arms and Light Weapons on October 6, 2021 at the Security Council Chambers in New York.  The focus of the meeting was to address the threat posed by illicit flows of small arms […]

A3+1 CALLS FOR INTENSIFIED HUMANITARIAN SUPPORT FOR DRC

As part of Kenya’s ongoing Presidency of the United Nations Security Council, the Council convened on October 5, 2021 to discuss the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO). The briefing on MONUSCO was chaired by Amb. Dr. Martin KIMANI, Kenya’s Permanent Representative and President of the Security Council for the […]

KENYA CALLS FOR SUSTAINABLE SOLUTION IN SYRIA

Kenya as the President of the United Nations Security Council for the month of October 2021, chaired the briefing and consultations on the Middle East, specifically on the Syrian Arab Republic’s Chemical Weapons File on October 4, 2021. Speaking at the briefing, Amb. Martin Kimani, Kenya’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations and President of […]

A3+1 COUNTRIES CALL FOR UNITY IN HAITI

Amb. Martin Kimani, Kenya’s Permanent Representative to the UN and President to the United Nations Security Council for the month of October 2021, chaired the briefing on the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) on October 4, 2021. A statement read on behalf of the A3+1 (Kenya, Niger, Tunisia and Saint Vincent and the […]

KENYA ASSUMES THE PRESIDENCY OF THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL (UNSC)

On Friday, October 1st, 2021, Kenya assumed the rotational Presidency of the United Nations Security Council, a water shed moment in the country’s two-year tenure at the Security Council. The significance of Kenya presiding over Council’s affairs stems from the fact that the UN Security Council is the principal organ for the maintenance and furtherance […]