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Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith
CARICOM

Message by Senator The Honourable Kamina Johnson Smith, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade for CARICOM DAY 2021

As the Region celebrates CARICOM Day 2021, I extend warm greetings to all Caribbean Community (CARICOM) nationals in Jamaica and throughout the Diaspora. Forty-eight years ago, the strategic objectives of pursuing a regional economic and social integration movement, as envisioned by eleven Caribbean Leaders, gave birth to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). Undoubtedly, our Community has been severely impacted over the...
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith

Message By Senator The Honourable Kamina Johnson Smith Windrush Day 2021
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith.
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith.

Statement By Minister Of Foreign Affairs And Foreign Trade Sen. The Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith Implementation Of The Agreement Between The Government Of The United States And The Government Of Jamaica Concerning Cooperation In Suppressing Illicit Maritime Drug Trafficking

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Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith.
Foreign Affairs

Statement to the Senate by HMFAFT Update On The Work Of MFAFT In Support Of Jamaica Overseas During COVID-19 Pandemic

Mr President, Members of the Senate will recall that I had recently undertaken to provide an update on the activities and actions of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade during this COVID-19 Pandemic. Mr President, it bears repeating that the Ministry, which I am privileged to lead, is staffed by a remarkable, committed cadre of professionals both here...
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith.
Foreign Affairs

Commonwealth Day Message- Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Honourable Kamina Johnson Smith

Jamaica is pleased to join member countries of the Commonwealth located across the world in commemorating Commonwealth Day, once again. This year we do so under the theme “Delivering A Common Future: Connecting, Innovating, Transforming”. The Commonwealth family of nations represents a rich cultural diversity of islands and landlocked states as well as developed and developing countries, but all committed...
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Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith.
Foreign Affairs

Message By Senator The Honourable Kamina Johnson Smith Minister Of Foreign Affairs & Foreign Trade For International Human Rights Day 10th December 2019

Today, Jamaica joins the international community in commemorating Human Rights Day 2019, which is being celebrated under the theme, “Youth Standing Up for Human Rights”. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948, recognizes the inherent dignity and the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family, regardless of race,...
Foreign Affairs

Statement By Prime Minister Of Jamaica The Most Honourable Andrew Holness, On, Mp At The High Level Panel On Sustainable Ocean Econom United Nations General Assembly New York

Colleague Heads of State and Government, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen. I wish to start by thanking Prime Minister Solberg for her leadership on matters of The Blue Economy, Ocean Health, and Climate Change. This has manifested in the work of the High Level Panel which is making great strides in delivering on its mandate to “develop, catalyse and support solutions...
Prime Minister, the Most Honourable Andrew Michael Holness, ON, PC, MP
Foreign Affairs

Statement By The Most Hon. Andrew Holness, At The UN Climate Action Summit 2019, United Nations General Assembly New York

Colleagues, the global financing system requires an immediate transformation. It must be science-based; technically appropriate; transparent and supported by accurate and inclusive tracking methodologies. Let us look at some of these system fixes: 1. The PACTA Risk scenario analysis tools already applied by over 600 financial institutions worldwide, could be adopted by private investors to align their portfolios with the...
Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck
Foreign AffairsJustice

Statement on Jamaica’s Recent Signing of the Singapore Mediation Convention on August 7, 2019

It is with great honour that I inform you Mr. Speaker, and through you, the Honourable Members, that Jamaica was among the over 40 nations that signed the Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation (Singapore Convention) on August 7, 2019 in Singapore. MS, on 20 December 2018 by Resolution 73/198, the United Nations General Assembly, via Resolution 73/198,...
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Press Statement by The Prime Minister of Jamaica The Most Honourable Andrew Holness, ON, MP on the Occasion of The State Visit 5th -7th August 2019 of The President of The Republic of Kenya His Excellency Mr. Uhuru Kenyatta

Members of the Media, Ladies and Gentlemen, Thank you for joining us this afternoon, I am delighted to welcome my brother and friend, His Excellency Uhuru Kenyatta, President of the Republic of Kenya and his delegation on his historic State Visit to Jamaica. The President and Mrs. Kenyatta are our Special Guests for the celebration of the 57th Anniversary of...
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith.
Foreign Affairs

Message by Senator the Honourable Kamina Johnson Smith for Human Rights Day

Today, Jamaica joins the international community in celebrating Human Rights Day, as well as the Seventieth Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). In that regard, we fully support the call to #standup4humanrights. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights which was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 10 December 1948, is a seminal document, enshrining the...