NASSAU, The Bahamas – Minister of Foreign Affairs the Hon. Fred Mitchell greeted diplomats at the First Annual Bahamas Diplomatic Week Official Welcome Reception at Luciano’s East Bay Street on Thursday, October 23, the eve of United Nations Day. Attending the reception were Bahamas Heads of Mission who are in Nassau for these events, and resident representatives of many different countries.

Diplomatic Week has comprised a number of social and working sessions for the diplomatic community that have been mapped out to foster the spirit of international cooperation Minister Mitchell points out is the key to present and future world stability.

The Minister said that morning at the Bahamas Diplomatic Week Official Opening at Melia Nassau Beach Resort, that “The Bahamas joins the international community in pursuing the widest possible cooperation on concrete initiatives that accept that environmental trends are threatening to radically alter the planet and that environmental threats and degradation can undermine economic development and may indeed be an underlying factor of world poverty.

“There is a new reality; one beset by global crises and alongside which is a widespread feeling of fear and frustration concerning the global capacity to deal with the formidable international issues that threaten international peace and prosperity.

“The Bahamas believes that positive developments in technology and science, for instance, and trends towards establishing partnerships and cooperative institutional arrangements, stimulate hope that the future may be more prosperous and more secure. This will take decisive political will, concrete action and a voluntary union of all humankind.”

Minister Mitchell is pictured addressing some of the diplomats at the reception. Deputy Prime Minister the Hon. Philip Davis also attended. (BIS Photos/Raymond A. Bethel, Sr.)

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