Bahamas

Antigua and Barbuda 500

Concluding observations Antigua and Barbuda

Antigua and Barbuda, Bahrain, Malta, Slovenia

Chairman Mr. Ashe (Antigua and Barbuda)

Chairman Mr. Ashe (Antigua and Barbuda)

Chairman Mr. Ashe (Antigua and Barbuda)

Rapporteur Ms. Shermain Jeremy (Antigua and Barbuda)

Rapporteur Ms. Shermain Jeremy (Antigua and Barbuda)

Rapporteur Ms. Shermain Jeremy (Antigua and Barbuda)

Rapporteur Ms. Shermain Jeremy (Antigua and Barbuda)

Rapporteur Ms. Shermain Jeremy (Antigua and Barbuda)

Antigua and Barbuda and Iceland also joined in sponsoring the draft resolution.

Mr. Ashe (Antigua and Barbuda) was elected Chairman by acclamation.

In paragraph 7, after Hungary, insert Iceland as one of the sponsors.

His Excellency The Honourable Winston Baldwin Spencer, Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Antigua and Barbuda

Chairperson H.E. The Honourable Winston Baldwin Spencer, Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Antigua and Barbuda

The session was opened by the Chairman of the Commission on Sustainable Development, John W. Ashe (Antigua and Barbuda).

In the absence of Mr. Ashe (Antigua and Barbuda), Mr. Saizonou (Benin), Vice Chairman, took the Chair.

The delegation of Antigua and Barbuda subsequently indicated that it had intended to vote in favour.

Our principal economic options are tourism and financial services, and in the case of Antigua and Barbuda, Internet gaming.

Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Brunei Darussalam, Guyana, Jamaica, Malaysia, Singapore, Syrian Arab Republic, Yemen, Zimbabwe.

Mr. Ashe (Antigua and Barbuda) had been nominated for election to the office of Chairman for the sixtieth session.

The session was opened by the Chairman of the Commission on Sustainable Development, John W. Ashe (Antigua and Barbuda), who made an introductory statement.

Antigua and Barbuda is a small, twin island nation of approximately 85,000 people.

The Chairman, H.E. Mr. John Ashe (Antigua and Barbuda), declared open the first meeting of the Fifth Committee of the sixtieth session of the General Assembly.

Antigua and Barbuda, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Jordan, Malaysia, Morocco, Myanmar, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Sri Lanka, United Arab Emirates, Zambia.

Antigua and Barbuda, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Ecuador, Guyana, Liberia, New Zealand, Saint Lucia and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines revised draft resolution

Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Botswana, Brunei Darussalam, Dominica, Gambia, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Malaysia, Saint Lucia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Syrian Arab Republic.

The Council elected Antigua and Barbuda and Haiti to fill postponed vacancies for a term beginning on the date of election and expiring on 31 December 2008.

Rendering Antigua and Barbuda poorer by unlawfully denying market access to Internet gaming will not make the United States richer.

Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Brunei Darussalam, Guyana, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Jamaica, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Syrian Arab Republic, United States of America.

Antigua and Barbuda, like other members of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States, has limited options for trade in a globalized world.

I request the Rapporteur of the Sixth Committee, Ms. Shermain Jeremy of Antigua and Barbuda, to introduce in one intervention the reports of the Sixth Committee before the General Assembly.

In the absence of further nominations and in accordance with rule 103 of the Rules of Procedure, she would take it that the Committee wished to elect Mr. Ashe (Antigua and Barbuda) Chairman.

I request the Rapporteur of the Sixth Committee, Ms. Shermain Jeremy of Antigua and Barbuda, to introduce in one intervention the reports of the Sixth Committee before the General Assembly.

Renaming On August 4, 2009, the birthday of U.S. President Barack Obama, Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer officially renamed the mountain from Boggy Peak to Mount Obama.

The Co Chairperson (Gabon) (spoke in French) The Assembly will now hear an address by His Excellency The Honourable Winston Baldwin Spencer, Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Antigua and Barbuda.

In addition to the countries listed in L.25, the following have indicated their wish to be included as sponsors Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Colombia, Georgia and Mali.

Subsequently, the delegations of Antigua and Barbuda, The Gambia, Kyrgyzstan, the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Nigeria, Peru and the Russian Federation informed the Secretariat that they had intended to vote in favour the delegation of Greece informed the Secretariat that it had intended to vote against the delegations of Botswana and Mali informed the Secretariat that they had intended to abstain.

This item was included in the agenda of the thirty eighth session of the General Assembly, in 1983, at the request of Antigua and Barbuda and Malaysia (A 38 193 and Corr.1).

The Co Chairperson (Sweden) I now give the floor to the Chairperson of the round table session held yesterday afternoon, His Excellency The Honourable Winston Baldwin Spencer, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda.

Mr. Spencer (Antigua and Barbuda) Exactly four years ago this past Sunday the 9 11 terrorist attack on America united the world in horror and in compassion.

It is thus not difficult to grasp Antigua and Barbuda's compelling need to seek World Trade Organization intervention in the dispute with the United States of America regarding Internet gaming.

Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Botswana, Brunei Darussalam, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Jamaica, Malaysia, Saint Lucia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, United States of America.