In today’s debate on the “New Partnership for Africa’s Development: progress in implementation and international support” and “Causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa”, I am both pleased and honoured to continue the Caribbean Community’s tradition …
It is an honour for me to address the General Assembly on behalf of the Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas.
Our Government reaffirms its commitment to the 2001 Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS (resolution S-26/2) and the 2006 Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS (resolution 60/262)…
I speak again on behalf of the countries of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to present our understanding of how resolution 65/276, just adopted, should be interpreted.
In the operative part of the resolution on the intergovernmental nature of the General Assembly, paragraph 1 contains a reaffirma…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the 14 States members of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).
On 14 September 2010, the General Assembly had before it a draft resolution (A/64/L.67) of an unprecedented nature submitted by the European Union (see A/64/PV.122). The draft resolution effectively …
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 …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 …
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…
I speak on behalf of the States members of the Group of Latin American and Caribbean States: States of the region from which the President-elect of the General Assembly for the sixty- third session hails. Approximately two and a half months ago, on 14 March 2008, our Group unanimously endorsed the c…
