Foreign Relations Minister Miguel Vargas Maldonado received on Friday, 21 June 2019 the full membership of the United Nations Security Council. This is the first visit of the UN Security Council to the Dominican Republic. The mission visited for an informal working session in Punta Cana. The Dominican Republic is a non-permanent member until the end of 2020.
Vargas offered diplomats a working breakfast at the Ministry of Foreign Relations (Mirex) to address international issues, with an emphasis on regional issues.
“Every day we have a better understanding of the common problems we face, the challenges we face and the many steps we will have to climb together,” Vargas told members of the UN’s highest governing body in charge of maintaining world peace and security during its historic visit to the Dominican Republic.
He said he was delighted that the Security Council accepted the invitation to meet in the Dominican Republic and described the visit as “a milestone in our diplomacy, in line with our government’s efforts to insert us more favorably in the concert of nations.”
Ambassadors to the Security Council from Peru, Russia, China, Belgium, the United Kingdom, Indonesia, Kuwait, Poland, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea and South Africa attended the meeting. Also present were the ambassadors of the UK, China, US and Peru in the Dominican Republic.
During the meeting, Vargas was accompanied by Ambassador José Singer, Dominican representative to this UN Security Council. Also attending were Ministry of Foreign Relations vice-ministers, directors, and other high-level officials.
Although this is the first time that the Security Council has met in the Dominican Republic, the Dominican Minister of Foreign Affairs has previously presided over several meetings held in New York.
Similarly, the country held the temporary presidency of the Council last January, the month in which it joined as a non-permanent member, a quality it will maintain until 31 December 2020.
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Ministry of Foreign Relations
25 June 2019