Signing of Cooperation Agreement Between the OAS and Chile for Scholarships to students from CARICOM countries –10th November 2017

Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, Minister of Education, Youth and Information of Jamaica meets with OAS Secretary General, Luis Almagro Lemes on Friday 10th November 2017 at the OAS Headquarters to witness the signing of the OAS Agreement.

From left to Right: Chilean Ambassador to the OAS, Juan Anibal Barria, Minister of Education, Youth and Information of Jamaica, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, Executive Director of the Agency for International Cooperation of Chile, Juan Pablo Lira, OAS Secretary General, Luis Almagro, Permanent Representative of Jamaica to the OAS, Ambassador Audrey Marks and OAS Assistant Secretary General, Nestor Mendez.

Signing the Agreement for the $250.000 contribution to be administered by the Capital Fund for the OAS Scholarships and Training Program to fund studies in the area of disaster prevention, especially for member countries of CARICOM.

Twenty-Ninth Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs held on 31^st May 2017

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Jamaica, Senator the Honourable Kamina Johnson Smith attends the Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs to Consider the Situation in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela on 31^st May 2017 at the OAS Headquarters.

Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Ambassadors and Permanent Representatives of the OAS Member States attending the Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs to Consider the Situation in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela on 31^st May 2017 at the OAS Headquarters.

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Jamaica, Senator the Honourable Kamina Johnson Smith, Permanent Representative of Jamaica to the OAS, Ambassador Audrey Marks (Behind- Second Row) and Alternate Representative to the OAS, Mrs Julia Hyatt (Third Row) during a session of the Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs to Consider the Situation in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela on 31^st May 2017.

Permanent Mission of Jamaica – EVENTS 2017
19^th OAS Food Festival of the Americas – May 2017

Permanent Mission Staff manning the Jamaican booth at the OAS/OWA Food Festival in 21st May 2017

Assistant Secretary General, Ambassador Nestor Mendez and wife visiting Jamaica’s booth.

Permanent Mission and Embassy of Jamaica staff and family at the OAS/OWA Food Festival in May 2017

OAS Celebrating Black History Month – February 2017

The Permanent Mission of Jamaica to the OAS Celebrating Black History Month in collaboration with the OAS and Other Member States. The “Afro -Inspired Culture in the Americas” event took place at the OAS Headquarters in Washington D.C. on Thursday, 23rd February 2017.

Mr. Dermot Hussey Jamaican national during his presentation on “The History of Reggae Music” at the OAS in the Hall of the Americas.

Dermot Hussey with Ambassador Audrey Marks at the Black History Month Event “Afro -Inspired Culture in the Americas” in the Hall of Heroes in front of the Marcus Garvey bust.

Julia Hyatt (right), Alternate Representative of Jamaica to the OAS and Ambassador Nestor Mendez, Assistant Secretary General with OAS Staff, Presenters, and Ambassadors.