UN General Assembly
2023

It is my honour, in this, my second year as the Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis, to join with members of the global family of nations and speak on behalf of the people of Saint Kitts and Nevis, at home and in the diaspora. However. I must first extend condolences across the world to people, who in a summer of scorching heat — the hottest in recorded human history — suffered every disaster known to humankind: fires, floods, droughts, earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes and. with them, untold personal, social and economic tragedies. I especially express the heartfelt pain of the people of Saint Kitts and Nevis with regard to the recent disasters in Libya and Morocco. We. in Saint Kitts and Nevis, are suffering the worst drought of our history, resulting in severe water shortage. Of course, we too have not escaped unscathed.