Liberia has assumed the Chairmanship of the African Group for the month of June, taking over from the Republic of Lesotho whose term expired at the end of May 2014.

According to a dispatch from the Permanent Mission of Liberia to the United Nations,  Liberia's Permanent Representative to the UN  , Her Excellency Ambassador Marjon Kamara, will preside over the various African Group meetings  at the headquarters of  the Permanent Observer Mission of the African Union to the UN in New York. During the period, Ambassador Kamara is also expected to present Statements on behalf of the Group and make representation as well as coordinate the activities of the Group in consultation with the Secretariat of the AU's Mission to the UN.

Ambassador Kamara , said that she was pleased that Liberia was called upon to carry on this task on behalf of the  African Group  and that she and her team were  ready to discharge  this duty in accordance with the mandate given them by the Group.

The Chairmanship of the African Group is assumed on a rotational basis in alphabetical order, depending on the ability and readiness of a  Member State to carry  on the responsibilities  attached to the assignment. Liberia will be succeeded by Libya on 1 July 2014.