As Jamaica prepares to rejoice its Sixty-Second Anniversary of Independence on Tuesday, August 6, 2024, CARICOM Secretary-Common Dr. Carla Barnett said that the nation continues to be a number one voice in worldwide affairs, setting a typical of excellence in sports activities, music, and the humanities and galvanizing hundreds of thousands world wide.
In a message congratulating Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness, Dr. Barnett praised the nation’s substantial management position in regional integration and improvement.
Jamaica is commemorating this 12 months’s Independence Day with the theme “Jamaica 62: One Like to the World”.
The Secretary-Common described it as “a becoming expression and reflection of Jamaica’s indelible contributions to the Neighborhood and profound international impression.”
The total message reads as follows:
“Prime Minister,
The Caribbean Neighborhood (CARICOM) congratulates the Authorities and Individuals of Jamaica on the nation’s Sixty-Second Anniversary of Independence, being celebrated below the theme “Jamaica 62: One Like to the World”.
This 12 months’s theme is a becoming expression and reflection of Jamaica’s indelible contributions to the Neighborhood and profound international impression. Certainly, Jamaica continues to supply a number one voice in worldwide affairs, and has set a typical of excellence in sports activities, music and the humanities, inspiring hundreds of thousands worldwide.
As a Founding Member of CARICOM, Jamaica continues to play a big management position in our pursuit of regional integration and improvement. This has been demonstrated via diplomacy, worldwide commerce, and advocacy on a number of problems with significance within the crucial space of exterior commerce negotiations, for which you, Prime Minister, maintain lead accountability in CARICOM Quasi-Cupboard of Heads of Authorities. Likewise, we recognise Jamaica’s unwavering help to our sister nation, Haiti, because it charts its path to peace and stability.
Prime Minister, the Caribbean Neighborhood continues to face in solidarity with Jamaica, as communities throughout the island search to rebuild following the devastating impacts of Hurricane Beryl.
As Jamaicans unite to rejoice with simply satisfaction on this Sixty-Second Anniversary of Independence, we commend your achievements and stay up for continued collaboration in the direction of a stronger, extra peaceable and extra affluent future.”
