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The Bahamas

Commonwealth of The Bahamas

Americas

UN Member since 1973

Member of NAM, OAS.

Population

410K

GDP

$13.7B

Capital

Nassau

Government

Parliamentary constitutional...

Power & politics

Leadership, governance, and democratic trajectory.

Democracy index

7.5 / 10

UN voting record

How The Bahamas votes at the UN General Assembly — ideological trajectory, voting partners, topic patterns, and key recent roll calls.

Ideological trajectory

Voting summary

No votes recorded for this period yet.

Bloc alignment

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Top voting partners

Topic-level voting

Source: Erik Voeten, “United Nations General Assembly Voting Data”, Harvard Dataverse (CC0). Aggregated by Model Diplomat. Last refresh tracked in profile freshness.

Foreign policy

Bilateral posture, key relationships, and live diplomatic statements.

Foreign Policy

The Bahamas maintains close relations with the United States (its largest trading partner and neighbour) and the United Kingdom through the Commonwealth. Its foreign policy emphasises maritime security, counter-narcotics cooperation, combating illegal migration, and climate resilience.

The Bahamas is active in CARICOM and uses its relatively high development status to advocate for graduated (rather than abrupt) reduction of development aid for middle-income SIDS.

Allies

MUN Delegate Guide

As The Bahamas, you represent a relatively wealthy Caribbean state, but one existentially threatened by climate change. Use Hurricane Dorian as a powerful illustration of climate impacts on SIDS -- entire communities were wiped out.

Your proximity to the US gives you a unique position on migration, maritime security, and counter-narcotics. Coordinate with CARICOM partners on regional issues while leveraging bilateral ties with Washington.

Advocate for special treatment of SIDS in development frameworks, even those classified as middle-income -- GDP per capita does not capture climate vulnerability. Push for the Multidimensional Vulnerability Index (MVI) to replace pure income metrics for aid eligibility.