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The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has called on the United Nations Security Council to immediately intervene in Haiti to end the violence in the country and restore law and order. Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, K. D. Knight, speaking at the UN headquarters in New York on February 26, said the "need for decisive action is paramount." He stated that...

Allow me at the outset to extend my congratulations to you on your leadership of the Security Council during the month of February. Your diplomatic skills and gracious style have obviously ensured smooth and effective handling of the various matters which have come to the Council. I had the pleasure of visiting your great country just over a week ago...

Calling the fight against poverty "the most critical task" facing the hemisphere, Jamaica's Ambassador to the United States, Seymour Mullings, has reiterated Jamaica's intent to keep the issue "at the very forefront of the agenda" of the Organization of American States (OAS). He declared that the increasing cooperation among member states to stem the "corrosive impact of extreme poverty," would...

Minister of Development, Dr. Paul Robertson, said today that the growth prospects for world trade this year, were clouded by considerable uncertainty. Dr. Robertson made the observation in his address at a World Trade Organization (WTO) Trade and Investment Workshop, held at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in Kingston. Citing preliminary figures from the WTO, Dr. Robertson said the growth in...

Seven principals and a guidance counselor from schools in Jamaica are to go on a one-week visit to the United Kingdom (UK) as part of a twinning of schools programme, where they will meet with their UK counterparts to increase cultural and academic exchange between both groups. The local educators are from schools in Region Three of the Ministry of...