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FOREIGN MINISTER SHOCKED AND SADDENED BY JAMAICAN’S LOSS OF LIFE IN BENGHAZI BOMBING

Sunday, 11 August 2019

Senator the Honourable Kamina Johnson Smith, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Jamaica has stated her deep shock and sadness at the death of Jamaican national Mr. Clive Peck, in tragic circumstances in Benghazi Libya on Saturday, August 10, 2019.

ISA Celebrates Milestone Anniversary with Heads of State and Government at 25th Session of the Assembly

Tuesday, 30 July 2019

ISA celebrates milestone anniversary with Heads of State and Government at 25th session of the Assembly
Heads of States and Government, ministers, former Secretary-Generals, United Nations officials and observers who attended the Special Commemorative Session of the Assembly of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) in Kingston on 25 July 2019 commended ISA on its efforts towards advancing the sustainable development of mineral resources for the benefit of all mankind over the last 25 years.

Message by Senator the Honourable Kamina Johnson Smith Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade In commemoration of Nelson Mandela International Day 18 th July 2019

Friday, 19 July 2019

Message by
Senator the Honourable Kamina Johnson Smith
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade
In commemoration of
Nelson Mandela International Day
18th July 2019
Jamaica again wholeheartedly joins the international community to
commemorate Nelson Mandela International Day, as we reflect on the life and
legacy of Nelson Rolihlahla “Madiba” Mandela, the anti-apartheid
revolutionary icon of peace and reconciliation and the first democratically elected
President of South Africa.

Jamaica secures successful adoption of Political Declaration at UN Meeting on Population and Development

Wednesday, 03 April 2019

H.E. Courtenay Rattray, Permanent Representative of Jamaica to the United Nations was elected Chair of the 52nd Session of the United Nations Commission on Population and Development, which got underway at United Nations Headquarters in New York on 1st April 2019. Jamaica’s Permanent Representative had led a month’s long negotiating process on a Political Declaration, which was adopted by the Commission via consensus during its second plenary session on Monday.