Welcome Remarks by
Alicia Barcena, Executive Secretary of ECLAC
at the Magisterial Lecture of
The Most Hon. Andrew Holness, Prime Minister of Jamaica
ECLAC Headquarters, Santiago, 30 August 2017
Excellencies
Distinguished representatives
Ladies and gentlemen,
I am so pleased to welcome the Most Honourable Andrew Holness, Prime Minister of Jamaica to ECLAC Headquarters. Prime Minister, it is an honour to have you and your distinguished delegation in the house. I acknowledge in particular the Honourable Kamina Johnson Smith, Foreign Minister of Jamaica.
You represent a country whose cont…
In the framework of an official visit to Chile, the Jamaican Prime Minister, Andrew Holness, gave a keynote lecture today at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, in which he advocated for deepening cooperation ties between the countries of the Caribbean and Latin America.
The senior official – the first Jamaican leader to visit this United Nations regional organization – was received by ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, who welcomed him and highlighted the country’s commitment to moving ahead on achieving the goals of t…
En el marco de su visita oficial a Chile, el Primer Ministro de Jamaica, Andrew Holness, realizó hoy una conferencia magistral en la sede de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) en Santiago, en la cual abogó por la profundización de los vínculos de cooperación entre los países del Caribe y de América Latina.
La alta autoridad –el primer mandatario de Jamaica en visitar este organismo regional de las Naciones Unidas- fue recibido por la Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL, Alicia Bárcena, quien le dio la bienvenida y destacó el compromiso del país por avanzar en el cumplim…
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