Statement by Senator the Honourable Arnold J. Nicholson, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, UNDP’s Human Rights Day Event to mark the 66th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts, 10th December 2014   (Salutations) Dr. Arun Kashyap, Resident Coordinator of the UNDP, Mr. Matondo Mukulu, Acting Public...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Economic and Trade Relations will be among the issues discussed at the Fifth Summit of the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Cuba which takes place in Havana, Cuba on Monday 8 December. The Summit will be preceded on Sunday by a meeting of the Foreign Ministers. In accordance with the Havana...

Members of the Jamaican Diaspora have raised US$250,000 (J$25 million), to help with the programme to improve literacy and numeracy in schools. State Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Arnaldo Brown, who made the announcement, said the contribution of the group to education in Jamaica has been far-reaching over the years, and is part of...

Permanent Representative of Jamaica to the United Nations (UN) Ambassador Courtenay Rattray, has been appointed as Chair of the UN Intergovernmental Negotiations on Security Council reform. His appointment was announced on Monday, November 10, by H.E. Sam Kutesa, President of the 69th Session of the General Assembly, in a letter to all Permanent Representatives to the United Nations in New...

Senator the Honourable Arnold J. Nicholson, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, will lead Jamaica’s delegation to the Fourth CARICOM-Japan Ministerial Meeting, to be held from 14th to 15th November 2014 in Tokyo, Japan. The Jamaican delegation will also include H.E. Ricardo Allicock, Ambassador of Jamaica to Japan and Mrs. Angella Comfort, Director for Caribbean and the Americas in...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)  Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) are meeting in a special session today (November 4)  in Trinidad and Tobago. High on the agenda is the discussion on the Ebola virus and the Chikungunya virus. This 17th Special Meeting of the Conference, which is being held at the Diplomatic Centre, St. Ann’s, will include...

The Jamaican Embassy in Brazil has been encouraging Jamaicans living in the South American country to participate in the government’s ongoing Diaspora Mapping exercise. The Mapping Jamaica’s Diaspora Project, which involves an online survey is geared towards identifying the locations, skills, expertise and interests of members of the global Jamaican Diaspora. Jamaican Ambassador to Brazil, Her Excellency Alison Stone Roofe,...

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton, says that based on a request from Jamaica, a review of the verification procedure under the rules of origin requirements of CARICOM has commenced. He said that the Jamaica Customs Agency is playing the key role for Jamaica in the revision process, which is being undertaken through the CARICOM Customs Committee....

Jamaicans are being assured that their rights and welfare will be safeguarded while travelling or living overseas, by virtue of Jamaica’s extensive network of foreign embassies, high commissions and permanent missions in countries with which the Government has established diplomatic relations. Director of Diaspora Consular Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Lloyd Wilks, says there are...