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PM URGES JUNIOR MAYORS TO HELP PUSH LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Mercredi, 06 Décembre 2017

KINGSTON, Dec. 6 (JIS):

            Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, is urging the island’s Junior Mayors to use their platform to inspire more Jamaicans to support the activities of local government. 

            He gave the charge as he welcomed the youth representatives of the island’s 14 municipal corporations during a courtesy call at Jamaica House on Wednesday, December 6.

             Appointment of the Junior Mayors is the last major activity for Local Government Month in November.

Statement to the Senate on International Day for the Abolition of Slavery by Sen. The Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith

Samedi, 02 Décembre 2017

Members of this Honourable House,

Today, Saturday, December 2, Jamaica joins with the international community in commemorating, the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, which marks the adoption, by the UN General Assembly in 1949, of the United Nations Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others.

FOREIGN MINISTER APPOINTS NEW AMBASSADORS TO DEEPEN RELATIONS WITH ISRAEL, BELGIUM AND THE EUROPEAN UNION

Mercredi, 22 Novembre 2017

    (MFA&FT: Brussels: November 22, 2017)

Senator the Honourable Kamina Johnson Smith, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, announces the appointment of Ambassador Dr. Nigel Clarke, as Jamaica’s Ambassador to  the State of Israel and Ambassador Sheila Sealy Monteith as Jamaica’s Ambassador to Belgium and Permanent Representative to the European Union and UNESCO.  Ambassador Sealy Monteith will also serve as non-resident Ambassador to other European countries.

MINISTER JOHNSON SMITH MEETS WITH UK STATE MINISTER FOR COMMONWEALTH & UN

Lundi, 13 Novembre 2017

Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade met  on Thursday, November 9, 2017 with Lord Tariq Ahmad of Wimbledon, Minister of State for the Commonwealth and the United Nations, at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the United Kingdom (UK).

 

MINISTER JOHNSON SMITH TO PROMOTE EFFECTIVE EPA IMPLEMENTATION AT 4TH CARIFORUM/EU JOINT COUNCIL

Lundi, 13 Novembre 2017

Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade has travelled to Brussels, Belgium to participate in the 4th Meeting of the CARIFORUM-European Union (EU) Joint Council, under the CARIFORUM-EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA).

 

As a member of the Bureau, Minister Johnson Smith agreed to chair the Preparatory Meeting of CARIFORUM Ministers on Thursday, November 16, and to be the lead spokesperson for CARIFORUM at the Council Meeting on Friday, November 17.

 

JOHNSON SMITH MEETS WITH NEW CANADIAN HIGH COMMISSIONER

Vendredi, 10 Novembre 2017

      (MFA&FT Kingston: November 8, 2017)

Senator the Honourable Kamina Johnson Smith, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade today (Thursday, November 8) received the Copy Letters of Introduction of Mrs. Laurie Jane Peters, High Commissioner-designate for Canada to Jamaica,at the Foreign Ministry’s new Kingston location.

 

Minister Johnson Smith and High Commissioner Peters spoke to the historical friendship and strong cooperation between both countries, and affirmed their intention of building an even stronger partnership.

PRAY FOR STRENGTH FOR THOSE WHO WORK FOR WORLD SAFETY & PEACE—MINISTER JOHNSON SMITH

Mercredi, 01 Novembre 2017

MFA&FT Kingston: November 1, 2017

“We not only condemn acts of terror, but we pray for continued strength for all who work to make the world safer and more peaceful,” affirmed Senator the Honourable Kamina Johnson Smith, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, following yesterday (Tuesday, October 31) afternoon’s terrorist attack, just blocks from the World Trade Centre in the lower Manhattan region of New York, which took at least 8lives, with 11 wounded to date.

 

New Ambassador for Japan Presents Copy Letters to Minister Johnson Smith

Vendredi, 27 Octobre 2017

Minister Johnson Smith congratulated the Japanese businessman turned Ambassador-designate on his first Ambassadorial appointment, noting that his “extensive expertise in the Japanese financial sector will contribute to strengthened economic cooperation between Jamaica and Japan.”

The Minister also reaffirmed Jamaica’s commitment to deepening trade activities with Japan, which currently serves as the largest market for Jamaica’s Blue Mountain Coffee. Jamaica and Japan established diplomatic relations in 1964.