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Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, speaking on Wednesday (June 10) at the virtual high-level forum to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the signing of the United Nations Charter.
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, speaking on Wednesday (June 10) at the virtual high-level forum to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the signing of the United Nations Charter.
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UN In The Vanguard Of Efforts To Improve Lives – Minister Johnson Smith

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, hailed the work of the United Nations (UN), noting that for 75 years, the organisation has been in the vanguard of efforts to improve lives worldwide. “In...
Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton (2nd right), makes a point during discussion with (from left), Chief Information Security Officer at Strategem 1 Solutions, Jayson Street; General Manager of Advantum, Elaine Hayden; and Global Marketing Manager, Energy and Utilities, Siemens AG, Erica Simmons. Occasion was the staging of the TechConnect 2013 conference and exposition on November 13, at the Shipping Association of Jamaica (SAJ) in Kingston.
Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton (2nd right), makes a point during discussion with (from left), Chief Information Security Officer at Strategem 1 Solutions, Jayson Street; General Manager of Advantum, Elaine Hayden; and Global Marketing Manager, Energy and Utilities, Siemens AG, Erica Simmons. Occasion was the staging of the TechConnect 2013 conference and exposition on November 13, at the Shipping Association of Jamaica (SAJ) in Kingston.

Jamaica Designated Sub-Regional Hub For Relief Operations
Manager of the National Certification Body of Jamaica (NCBJ), Mrs. Jacqueline Scott-Brown.
Manager of the National Certification Body of Jamaica (NCBJ), Mrs. Jacqueline Scott-Brown.

Focus on Quality November 14
Minister of Justice and Government Senator, Hon. Mark Golding.
Minister of Justice and Government Senator, Hon. Mark Golding.

Senate Passes United Nations Security Council Implementation Act
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Dr. Alwin Hales (right), in conversation with United Nations Resident Co-ordinator and Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme, Dr Arun Kashyap, at a consultation to prepare Jamaica for the 19th Conference of Parties, at the Alhambra Inn, in Kingston on October 31.
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Dr. Alwin Hales (right), in conversation with United Nations Resident Co-ordinator and Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme, Dr Arun Kashyap, at a consultation to prepare Jamaica for the 19th Conference of Parties, at the Alhambra Inn, in Kingston on October 31.

Consultation to Prepare Jamaica for Climate Change Conference

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Jamaica to UN: Country Will Recover Faster From COVID-19 than for the 08/09 Global Recession

On Wednesday, (July 8), Jamaica presented at the United Nations High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF), and indicated that the economy is expected to recover within two to four years and employment within one to three years following global economic fall-out caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The projected short recovery period compared with the global economic recession of...
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Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (left), is presented with a copy of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) State of the World Population Report 2013 by Deputy Director of the UNFPA’s Sub-regional Office for the Caribbean, Siti Oussein. The document was launched by the UNFPA, in collaboration with the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), during a ceremony held at the Chinese Benevolent Association in Kingston, on October 30.
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UNFPA Lauds Actions By Government To Assist Adolescent Mothers

The Government of Jamaica’s many interventions in support of the country’s adolescent mothers have come in for high praise from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). Deputy Director of the UNFPA’s Sub-regional Office for the Caribbean, Siti Oussein, has commended the Government for assisting pregnant girls with continuing their education, through the Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation’s (WCJF) Programme for...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, making her contribution to the general debate of the 68th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on September 28. Mrs. Simpson Miller called for increased investment in developing countries with a focus on job creation, against the background of high levels of global unemployment.
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PM urges Special Consideration for SIDS

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, has urged members of the United Nations (UN) to give consideration to the special needs of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) such as Jamaica, as they deliberate the post -2015 development agenda. These countries, she noted, are grappling with issues such as climate change and the need to deal with new and...
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