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Organization of American States (OAS) Secretary General, Luis Almagro (centre), pays tributes to Jamaica’s late former Ambassador to the United States (US) and Permanent Representative to the OAS, Ambassador Richard Bernal, during a special sitting of the Permanent Council of the OAS at the Hall of the Americas in Washington DC on February 1. Seated (from left) are Chief of Staff to the OAS Secretary General, Gonzalo Koncke; and Trinidad and Tobago Ambassador to the US and Chairman of the OAS Permanent Council, Anthony Phillips-Spencer.
Organization of American States (OAS) Secretary General, Luis Almagro (centre), pays tributes to Jamaica’s late former Ambassador to the United States (US) and Permanent Representative to the OAS, Ambassador Richard Bernal, during a special sitting of the Permanent Council of the OAS at the Hall of the Americas in Washington DC on February 1. Seated (from left) are Chief of Staff to the OAS Secretary General, Gonzalo Koncke; and Trinidad and Tobago Ambassador to the US and Chairman of the OAS Permanent Council, Anthony Phillips-Spencer.

OAS Pays Tribute to the Late Richard Bernal

Jamaica’s late former Ambassador to the United States (US) and Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States (OAS), Professor Richard Bernal, has been hailed by the OAS as an economist, diplomat, regionalist, educator and a consummate negotiator. At a...
Jamaica Youth Chorale (JYC) in performance at the Redemption Songs pre-tour recital at King’s House on Sunday (Jan. 29).
Jamaica Youth Chorale (JYC) in performance at the Redemption Songs pre-tour recital at King’s House on Sunday (Jan. 29).

Jamaica Youth Chorale Sings Redemption Songs in the United States
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, delivers opening remarks during Wednesday’s (February 1) meeting of the Jamaica Trade Policy Advisory Group. The meeting was held at the Foreign Affairs Ministry in downtown Kingston.
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, delivers opening remarks during Wednesday’s (February 1) meeting of the Jamaica Trade Policy Advisory Group. The meeting was held at the Foreign Affairs Ministry in downtown Kingston.

Jamaica’s Foreign Trade Action Plan to be Reviewed
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, speaking in the House of Representatives on January 31.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, speaking in the House of Representatives on January 31.

Jamaica Prepared to Support Int’l Response to Haiti – PM
India’s High Commissioner to Jamaica, His Excellency Rungsung Masakui
India’s High Commissioner to Jamaica, His Excellency Rungsung Masakui

Interests of Developing Countries to be Advanced Through India’s G-20 Presidency

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Foreign Affairs

Sierra Leone Opens First Consulate in Jamaica on Tuesday

The Republic of Sierra Leone will open its first Consulate office in Jamaica at 16 Asquith Drive, Red Hills, St. Andrew on Tuesday (Feb. 7) at 10:00 a.m.  Sierra Leone’s Minister of Tourism and Cultural Affairs, Dr. the Hon. Memunatu Pratt will deliver the main address while Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith...
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Winner of Television Jamaica’s All Together Sing competition, the Manchester High School Choir, will be kept busy on a four nights’ stay in New York City.
EducationForeign Affairs

Free Trip to New York for Manchester High School Choir

Winner of Television Jamaica’s All Together Sing Competition for 2022, the Manchester High School Choir, has been gifted with an all-expenses-paid trip to New York City. Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson-Smith and Consul General of Jamaica to New York, Alsion Wilson, surprised the choir’s Director, Oren Thomas, with the gift during an episode...
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Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (left), along with Resident Representative, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Denise Antonio and Deputy Leader of Opposition Business in the House of Representatives, Angela Brown-Burke, display copies of the 2022-2026 UNDP Multi-Country Office (MCO) Country Programme document, during the launch at the AC Hotel by Marriott in Kingston on Thursday (January 26).
Foreign Affairs

UNDP Unveils New Five-Year Development Programme for Jamaica

Multidimensional poverty reduction is the goal of a new five-year programme developed for Jamaica by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The programme, which was provided through the UNDP Multi-Country Office, was officially launched on Thursday (January 26) at the AC Hotel by Marriott in Kingston. Priority areas for the 2022 to 2026 cycle include social resilience and inclusion, citizen...
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Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith.
EnergyForeign Affairs

Global South Urged to Support Transition to Cleaner Forms of Energy

It is important for countries of the Global South to support the scaling up of the transition to cleaner and sustainable forms of energy, says Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith. “We encourage elevation on the G-20 agenda of similar pragmatic policies and programmes supportive of energy transition by fiscally constrained developing countries,”...
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