T&T secures seat on UN Security Council but questions linger over Caricom support
Politics
June 4, 2026
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Akash Samaroo
For only the second time in the nation’s history, Trinidad and Tobago will serve as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).
However, while T&T secured a comfortable victory, receiving 59 more votes than the minimum required, questions remain over whether some Caricom member states withheld their support, as nine countries abstained from voting.
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