For­mer Prime Min­is­ter Dr Kei­th Row­ley has wel­comed Trinidad and To­ba­go's elec­tion to the Unit­ed Na­tions Se­cu­ri­ty Coun­cil but warned that the Gov­ern­ment's con­duct on the in­ter­na­tion­al stage will come un­der scruti­ny dur­ing its tenure.

In a so­cial me­dia post, Row­ley said he was proud that Trinidad and To­ba­go would once again rep­re­sent the na­tion and the Caribbean re­gion on the Se­cu­ri­ty Coun­cil, de­scrib­ing the achieve­ment as the re­sult of work ini­ti­at­ed and pre­pared by his ad­min­is­tra­tion.

"I am there­fore pleased that the work we ini­ti­at­ed and pre­pared has borne the ex­pect­ed fruit, and once again this lit­tle na­tion will as­sume its po­si­tion to rep­re­sent our na­tion and re­gion on the UN Se­cu­ri­ty Coun­cil for the next year," he wrote.