Senator the Honourable Arnold J. Nicholson QC, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, addressed the Third International Conference on Small Island Developing a States (SIDS) during the plenary session held on 2nd September 2014. Minister Nicholson is leading Jamaica's delegation to the Conference being held in Apia, Samoa from 2nd to 4th September 2014. Some 3000 delegates from over...

On behalf of President Obama and the people of the United States, I offer best wishes to the people of Jamaica on the occasion of your 52nd anniversary of independence. The United States and Jamaica share an important and thriving partnership through our mutual commitment to strong democratic governance. Our collaboration in the areas of climate change, health, security, and...

Twenty years ago, at the Cairo International Conference on Population and Development, the world community recognized that families, in their various forms, should be strengthened and enjoy comprehensive protection and support. As we prepare a roadmap for development beyond 2015, it is particularly fitting that the theme of the twentieth anniversary of the International Year of the Family is “Families...

Members of the Senate,   Issues relating to Small Island Developing States, known by the acronym SIDS, were the main subject of discussions during meetings held last week in Kingston under my chairmanship.   The 25th Ministerial Session of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (the CDCC) which met on 25th April 2014 elected Jamaica, by acclamation, to the chairmanship...

OPENING REMARKS BY DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL CARICOM AMBASSADOR MANORMA SOEKNANDAN, PhD It is an honour and a pleasure for me to welcome you today – both to the Secretariat and to the first Secretariat observance of Girls in ICT day. In observing this day with you – we show continued solidarity with the United Nations and the International Telecommunications Union’s (ITU’s)...

Statement by His Excellency Irwin LaRocque Secretary-General of CARICOM on the passing of A.N.R. Robinson former Prime Minister and former President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago I am extremely saddened by his passing. Even though he had been hospitalised, it still came as a shock. The Caribbean Community has lost one of its truly great sons who will...

  Statement by Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Friday, 21st March 2014 on the 25th Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the  Caribbean Community St. Vincent and the Grenadines, 10th – 11th March 2014 Introduction The attention of Members of the Senate is drawn to the 25th Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads...

Statement in the Senate Senator the Honorable A.J. Nicholson QC Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade   Visa-Free Travel to Bermuda Before reporting on the visit to Caracas by the Most Honourable Portia Simpson Miller, Prime Minister, I would like to advise this Honourable Chamber of some good news that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade received...