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1. “If the concept of collective security, as emphatically underscored by world leaders at the September 2005 World Summit, is to have any real meaning, then the international community must act to help the less able countries to combat this scourge. It is a just request. We do not manufacture arms in many of these countries. Saint Kitts and Nevis aligns itself with the urgent necessity for international cooperation and assistance in supporting the efforts of national Governments to prevent, combat and eradicate the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons in all its aspects.”

   2006-03-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5390Resumption1 (2006) · source

2. “Not only is the illicit trafficking in small arms having a negative effect in my country and other islands of the Caribbean, but the world has watched in horror as it has had and continues to have a devastating effect in many parts of Africa, a continent so rich in natural resources that it should easily be among the most prosperous in the world. Instead, its resources have attracted the wrong type of players, whose greed - aided by the illicit trafficking in arms, among other things - has helped to fuel conflicts and retard development, making that continent probably the poorest. We have seen also a corresponding link with the illicit trafficking in drugs, as well as illicit trafficking in humans. We believe that these areas should be addressed simultaneously.”

   2006-03-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5390Resumption1 (2006) · source

3. “At this rate of growth, in a few years' time the consequences would be disastrous for our economy, in particular the tourism sector even as we focus on developing that sector to offset the closure of our 350-year-old sugar industry in the face of trade liberalization measures and escalating costs. It would also seriously undermine the long- standing democratic structures of governance in the country, threatening its very stability. I can say that this would also be true for several of the other island States in the Caribbean.”

   2006-03-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5390Resumption1 (2006) · source

4. “Thank you, Mr. President, for presiding over this session. The issue of the illicit trafficking in small arms is of grave concern and particular importance to my country. In Saint Kitts and Nevis we have been experiencing for some time now a significant increase in crime of all types, in particular crime against persons and property that has paralleled the increase in firearm crimes and offences, as reflected in our national statistics. At the end of the 1980s, such serious crimes as murder and manslaughter averaged about 2 per year, but over the last five years they have averaged over 10 per year - a five-fold increase since 1990. Meanwhile, over the same time period, there was an eighteen-fold increase in firearm crimes and offences. For us, these are not mere statistics.”

   2006-03-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5390Resumption1 (2006) · source