When Jamaica signs an internationally binding treaty, do we mean what we sign to? When we take an oath, do we mean it? The Jamaican government has announced its intention to sign the Samoa Agreement between the European Union (EU) and the.
The kerfuffle over Jamaica signing the Samoa Agreement between the members of the European Union (EU) and the members of the Organisation of the African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) has led me to get a copy of the text and to read what it.
EDITOR: It’s simple. Altogether simple. Let’s put to rest this “mundane and narrowly focused” discussion regarding the Samoa Agreement. The Barbados Minister of Foreign Affairs has stoutly affirmed the country’s signing of the Agreement. (Down to Brasstacks 2023-11-19). As he sees it, there is no need to “inferiorize” ourselves. We are in an equal partnership in this Agreement, and even though – as he himself pointed out – the Agreement …