(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaica has been elected as one of three vice presidents of the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly from the Group of Latin American and Caribbean states.
Jamaica will be represented by two persons – Ambassador Brian Wallace who is Jamaica’s Permanent Representative the UN in New York and and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Senator Kamina Johnson Smith during the high-level segment of the 77th Session in September.
“The election of Jamaica to this post at this time bears special significance as it comes as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade celebrates 60 years of Jamaican diplomacy,” said Johnson Smith in a statement today congratulating Wallace.
