UN General Assembly
2014

Skerrit and his Cabinet, complemented by our hard- working citizens and the kind cooperation of our development partners. Our partnerships with the European Union, the United States of America, Japan and other developed countries have all contributed significantly to the progress we have been able to make thus far. The recent approval by the World Bank of the Pilot Programme for Climate Resilience, which will undertake a number of infrastructure projects designed to transform Dominica into a climate-resilient and low- carbon developing country and is expected, among other benefits, to positively impact agricultural productivity and food security in our rural communities. South-South cooperation with partners from developing countries, notably the People’s Republic of China, Cuba, Morocco and Venezuela, and from the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America, has been able to complement the decreasing assistance from traditional partners. We embrace all our development partners and look forward to the deepening and strengthening of our partnerships for the benefits of all our people. In spite of those achievements, we are a long