Either way Rodrigues-Birkett cannot lose

Oct 19, 2026 Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom

(Kaieteur News) – Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett was thrust unexpectedly and suddenly into the contest for the position of United Nations Secretary-General. A woman presently occupies an important diplomatic post – Permanent Representative of Guyana to the United Nations – was nominated belatedly for one of the most prestigious offices in the world.

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She is competing with candidates who have had more time to prepare, cultivate support and marshall the resources necessary for a campaign of this magnitude. She has so far done better than might reasonably have been expected. And therefore, there is cause to wonder whether the greatest obstacle to her candidacy was the manner in which her own government prepared her for the contest.