UN General Assembly
2025

We have one of the cleanest air in the world and emit far less than 1% of carbon generated by human activity, so we have to rely on others to also adapt. Is it really too much to ask of those most responsible to change their behavior so that the rest of us might have a better chance at survival? Along with climate change, our closest neighbors also suffer from a number of external threats. Our neighbors in Cuba have suffered for decades under an embargo which has caused suffering without delivering justice. The embargo has punished the ordinary people without changing policy. Hence, engagement, not isolation, is the only way forward. And so the Bahamas will continue to add its voice to the many who say the time for the embargo to be lifted is now. And what of Haiti? Too often the suffering of its people has been met with indifference. The multinational security support mission under Kenyan leadership has been an important bridge, but bridges must be a pathway to the solution.