While the Bahamas aligns itself with the statement made by the Permanent Representative of Barbados on behalf of the member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), we wish to offer a few additional comments from a national perspective.
In 1945 the nations of the world, fresh from the horrors o…
I have the honour to make this statement on behalf of the States members of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) that are Members of the United Nations. Allow me, at the outset, to extend our condolences to the Governments
and peoples of Central America in the aftermath of the recent series of natural…
It is my honour to congratulate you on your election to the presidency of the sixtieth session of the General Assembly. I also wish to pay tribute to the tireless efforts of your predecessor, Mr. Jean Ping, for the manner in which he guided the work of the fifty-ninth session.
I wish to extend the …
I should like at the outset offer the condolences of The Right Honourable Parry Christie, Prime Minister of the Bahamas, as well as of the Government and the people of the Bahamas, to the people of the United States in connection with Hurricane Katrina, which claimed so many victims.
I am honoured …
At the outset, the Bahamas would like to endorse the statement made by Mr. Delano Franklyn of Jamaica on behalf of the Group of 77 and China.
The Bahamas welcomes the opportunity to participate in this year’s High-level Dialogue because the issue of development is one that we believe should figure …
I have the honour to address the General Assembly on behalf of the 14 member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), which also aligns itself with the statements made by the representative of Yemen, who spoke on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, and by the representative of Egypt, who spoke …
It is my honour to congratulate you, Sir, on behalf of the Prime Minister, the Government and the people of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty-ninth session. I would also like to take this opportunity to congratulate your predeces…
I wish to thank you, Mr. President, and the representatives of the nations of the Security Council for agreeing to this meeting and to air this subject, which is of such major importance to our country, the region and this hemisphere.
The Bahamas identifies fully with the statement that has been de…
The Bahamas aligns itself with the statements made by the representatives of Morocco, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, and of Jamaica, on behalf of the Caribbean Community. We wish to offer a few additional comments from our own national perspective.
We would like to thank the Secretary-Gene…
My delegation is particularly pleased to be participating in this important discussion, which is fundamental to our work here at the United Nations. In this regard, my delegation welcomes the ongoing efforts aimed at revitalizing the Organization and its specialized agencies, and concurs with the Se…
A little over a year ago, world leaders gathered in New York to reaffirm their commitment to building a world truly fit for children. The twenty-seventh special session of the General Assembly was notable not only for the levels of political will manifested and the adoption of a set of time-bound go…
It is my distinct honour, on behalf of the Prime Minister, the Government and the people of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at this, its fifty- eighth session. We share in the celebration of the election of a disti…
I am pleased to participate in these high-level meetings of the General Assembly devoted to the follow-up to the outcome of the Assembly’s twenty-sixth special session, on HIV/AIDS, and the implementation of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS. Just over two years ago, we came together to adop…
On behalf of Prime Minister Perry G. Christie, the Government and the people of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, I congratulate you most warmly, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the fifty-seventh session of the General Assembly. The Bahamas is confident that this session will be steered to…
The President has been elected to chair at what is undoubtedly one of the most challenging sessions of the General Assembly in recent times. My delegation congratulates him on his election. We pledge our full support to him and express our confidence that under his leadership the work of the Assembl…
The Bahamas delegation sincerely congratulates Mr. Harri Holkeri on his election to the presidency of this Millennium Assembly and assures him and the members of his Bureau of its full cooperation and support.
I wish also to commend Mr. Theo-Ben Gurirab of Namibia, who presided over the fifty-fourt…
I apologize for taking the floor again, but I need to correct an impression left by a statement you made, Sir, with regard to the proposal I
put forward. As Chairman of the Latin American and Caribbean Group for the month of August, I was not present at any meeting at which consensus was arrived at…
I would like to congratulate you, Sir, and the Secretariat on producing this fine document. It has some very excellent points. I would wish, though, to address a few remarks to the question of paragraph 5 of the annex.
I attended a number of informal meetings and discussions on the question of the …
The Bahamas shares the confidence that the international community has placed in you, Sir, as the envoy of Namibia and of the continent of Africa to preside over this fifty-fourth session of the General Assembly, the last in this twentieth century. My delegation congratulates you and pledges its ful…
