On behalf of the Government and people of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, I congratulate Mr. Joseph Deiss on his election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-fifth session, and I assure him of my country’s and my delegation’s full support and cooperation. I also extend sincere congrat…
The Bahamas welcomes the opportunity to speak during this High-level Plenary
Meeting, as it marks a pivotal point on the road to achieving the Goals we set out 10 years ago.
For the Bahamas, attaining and surpassing the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) figure prominently in our national policy …
My Government is pleased to participate in this historic High-level Meeting as the Assembly recognizes for the first time
the growing burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and their socio-economic impact.
NCDs constitute an epidemic in my country, the Bahamas. The epidemic is putting increase…
On behalf of the Government and people of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, I convey my sincere congratulations on Mr. Ali Abdussalam Treki’s election to preside over the
General Assembly at its sixty-fourth session. My delegation wishes to assure him of its full cooperation and support throughout t…
On behalf of the Government of the Bahamas, I have the honour to present this statement on agenda item 41. I reaffirm the steadfast commitment of my Government to the 2001 Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and the 2006 Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS.
I thank the Secretary-General for his rep…
Allow me to join other speakers in extending my appreciation to Ambassador Jorge Urbina of Costa Rica, in his capacity as current President of the Security Council, for his presentation of the report of the Security Council, contained in document A/63/2.
The Bahamas aligns itself with the statement…
On behalf of the Government and people of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, I congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Assembly at its sixty-third session, and I assure you of the full support and cooperation of my delegation. I should also like to take this opportunity to c…
I would like first of all to align myself with the statement made by Guyana on behalf of the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) member States. It was just about two years ago that the CARICOM member States, with the proud co-sponsorship of numerous countries, including those from our an…
On behalf of the Government of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, I am pleased to address the General Assembly today and to reaffirm my Government’s fervent commitment to the 2001 Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and the 2006 Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS. The Bahamas thanks the Secretary-Gen…
At the outset, the Bahamas would like to align itself with the statements made at the 80th meeting by Antigua and Barbuda on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, and at the 81st meeting by Grenada on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States, and Barbados on behalf of the Caribbean Community. Th…
I have the honour to address the Assembly today on behalf of the States members of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on agenda item 50, “The role of the United Nations in promoting a new global human order”.
CARICOM member States are united in support of the call for a new global human order and we…
The member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) at the United Nations, along with the sponsors, are pleased to
introduce for adoption today the draft resolution contained in document A/62/L.32, entitled “Permanent Memorial to and Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Sl…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the 14 States members of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).
We assemble here over the next two days clearly to assess the vital goals we made in 2002 and the progress achieved in advancing the well-being and development of children, as set out in the Declarat…
I am proud to address this body as the representative of the Government of the Bahamas. We are committed to achieving a sense of security, well-being, pride and prosperity for the people of the Bahamas. We look forward to working with fellow Member States towards securing the same opportunities and …
I extend warm greetings to this Assembly from the Government and the people of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. I commend the United Nations for convening this important meeting, representing another follow-up to the original meeting that gave rise to the consensus agreed by heads of State and Gover…
The Bahamas, as a member of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), is pleased to join the more than 150 sponsors of this draft resolution and fully endorses the commemoration of the two-hundredth anniversary of the abolition of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade. The Bahamas also wishes to thank the delegat…
I congratulate Sheikha Haya Rashed Al-Khalifa on assuming the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-first session. I also commend her predecessor, Jan Eliasson of Sweden, for his outstanding performance as President of the General Assembly at the preceding session.
I acknowledge and pay t…
The Commonwealth of the Bahamas applauds the continuing leadership and vision shown by the United Nations, under the Secretary-General, in forging the political will and momentum to fight HIV/AIDS. The first special session of the General Assembly on HIV/AIDS was convened at a critical time, when gl…
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) appreciates the opportunity to participate in this debate, which is taking place during a critical phase in Haiti’s transition to constitutional rule.
On 7 February 2006, after two years of calamitous trials, the people of Haiti in large numbers demonstrated their …
The Commonwealth of the Bahamas welcomes the holding of this High-level Dialogue on International Migration and Development, which brings international migration in all its many facets to the table for discussion and dialogue among Member States. The Bahamas would like to align itself with statement…
