Jamaican Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness and his Canadian counterpart, the newly appointed Mark Carney, were among those who recently met to discuss future cooperations regarding security, regional issues, and education and training.
Whilst attending the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 80), in New York, for PM Holness, he was at the world leaders’ gathering to present a platform for his country to reaffirm its commitment to international cooperation and shared action in confronting global challenges. In sharing a long history of friendship, mutual respect and close cooperation with the North American country - including through the Canada-CARICOM Strategic Partnership, Mr. Holness emphasised: “We is looking forward to continuing our partnership with Canada to advance shared goals for sustainable development, prosperity, and regional stability.
As the world’s largest diplomatic gathering, where all 193 UN member states have an equal voice this UNGA entered its high-level debate, with more than 150 presidents, prime ministers and ministers addressing the planet’s most urgent crises. Under the theme of ‘Better together: 80 years and more for peace, development and human rights,’ it was new President of the General Assembly, Annalena Baerbock, only the fifth woman in the 80 year history of the UN to hold the position, who presided over the debate whose
When in full swing, the session – as is often the case - saw sparks fly, with the likes of Brazil’s Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and US President Donald Trump delivering back-to-back speeches that set a combative tone for the week.
