Today we all stand at the edge of a precipice. Never before has humankind been confronted with such stark choices: to end wars or condemn humankind to endless suffering; to eliminate poverty or watch millions starve; to act on climate change or doom future generations to a scorched planet. The choic…
The multifaceted environmental, economic, health-related and social emergencies we face are perhaps humankind’s greatest existential challenges. The timing of this Summit is critical as we confront those unprecedented global threats. The decisions we make now impact not just us but generations to co…
Antigua and Barbuda congratulates Mr. Dennis Francis of Trinidad and Tobago on his election as President of the General Assembly at its seventy-eighth session.
We are very proud of the contribution that the countries of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) are making to advance internationalism in the…
As high representatives of our world’s nations gather at this seventy-seventh session of the General Assembly, our peoples would have been right to expect greater achievement of global peace and prosperous development.
Unfortunately, that has not happened. Seventy-seven years have passed since the …
It will surprise no one that climate change and its catastrophic consequences are foremost in my mind. As the leader of a small island State, which, two years later, is still suffering the damaging consequences of Hurricane Irma, we know and live the terrible reality of climate change. Those who con…
Year after year, Government leaders from across the world travel to this Hall in the United Nations in the hope of finding a pathway to universal peace and progress, which has persistently eluded us all. The people of our nations — rich and poor, large and small — have long since stopped paying much…
On 6 September, my small, two-island State, Antigua and Barbuda, was the victim of the ferocity of Hurricane Irma, the largest storm endured in the Atlantic in human history. The island of Barbuda was decimated, its entire population left homeless and its buildings reduced to empty shells.
Fortunat…
On behalf of my Government and my people, I congratulate you, Mr. President, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its seventy-first session.
This will be the last General Assembly at which His Excellency Mr. Ban Ki-moon will serve the peoples of the world as Secretary-Gener…
We as leaders are gathered here with one mission and a singular hope for the transformation of our world by 2030. We are a community of nations, a brotherhood and sisterhood. It is therefore important for us to understand and respect differing views, outlooks and objectives among ourselves. At this …
At the outset, I wish to extend heartiest congratulations to the President on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-ninth session. Antigua and Barbuda looks forward to his leadership and guidance throughout this session. I also offer congratulations to his predecessor, …
