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Theodore Brent Symonette

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2009-09-24

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2011-09-24

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1. “The Bahamas believes that it is critically important to global financial health that actions taken at the national level be complemented by appropriate international responses. This year the General Assembly will consider the scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of the United Nations for the period 2010- 2012, as well as the scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of United Nations peacekeeping operations. The Bahamas takes this opportunity to reiterate its long-standing position that per capita gross national income (GNI) should not be given undue weight in determining capacity to pay, as it often leads to distortions. Nowhere is this distortion more visible than in the case of the scale of assessments for peacekeeping operations.”

   2009-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 64 (2009)

2. “The Government of the Bahamas acted quickly to soften the impact of the international economic downturn on our population. We took appropriate steps to ensure the continued integrity of our domestic fiscal and financial system; we accelerated planned capital works to generate employment and economic activity; and we increased targeted social relief for those most disadvantaged by the crisis. In implementing these policies and programmes, the Government exercised appropriate fiscal restraint, so as to ensure sustainability in the long term as well as the medium term and to encourage and ensure that the economy would be well placed to respond swiftly to any upturn in the global economy.”

   2009-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 64 (2009)

3. “The scenario is no better today. The fallout for the Bahamas has been considerable. Ours is a very small, open economy that is closely linked to the performance of most developed economies. Tourism matters in the Bahamas; it is our primary industry and it affects all aspects of economic life in our country. We are in the midst of arguably one of the most difficult tourism seasons on record. Visitor arrivals are down, hotel occupancies are down and revenues earned from tourism are down. Unemployment has sharply increased. The continued economic uncertainty means that unemployment will pose a problem until the global economy is stabilized and returns to growth. In this regard, we are heartened by some of the signs of global economic recovery.”

   2009-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 64 (2009)

4. “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 47 09-52470 General Assembly at its sixty-fourth session. My delegation wishes to assure him of its full cooperation and support throughout this session. I would also like to take this opportunity to congratulate his predecessor, Father Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann, on his stewardship of the sixty-third session. The current global financial and economic crisis, possibly the worst since the Great Depression, threatens to negate all that we have achieved thus far on our development agenda, at both the national and the international levels. This threat was acknowledged at the High-Level Event on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in September 2008.”

   2009-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 64 (2009)