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Eric LeCompte Addresses Special UN Session on COVID Response
Eric LeCompte Addresses Special UN Session on COVID Response
April 24, 2021
United Nations ECOSOC Special Session on Small Island Developing States, Least Developed Countries and Landlocked Developing States:
Financing a resilient recovery from the cascading effects of COVID-19
23 April 2021
By Eric LeCompte, Executive Director, Jubilee USA Network
(Remarks as prepared for delivery)
Your Excellencies, it s good to be with you for this critical high-level event on COVID response for Small Island Developing States (SIDs), Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs) and some of the world s poorest countries or Least Developed Countries (LDCs). I d like to especially thank His Excellency, Munir Akram for focusing us on countries struggling with specific disadvantages from the crisis.
Jamaica pledges leadership, commitment and strategic focus as it seeks re-election to the IMO council
Jamaica has pledged to “offer leadership, commitment and strategic focus” by continuing its role as a Council member of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) – the United Nations specialised agency responsible for the safety, security and pollution control of the global shipping industry.
Announcing Jamaica’s candidature for re-election to Category C of the IMO Council for 2022-2023, Prime Minister Andrew Holness said: “Jamaica will continue to offer leadership, commitment and strategic focus as an IMO Council member. It is of utmost importance that maritime concerns of particular importance to the Caribbean, Small Island Developing States, and other vulnerable countries, particularly the Least Developed Countries, be fully aired and addressed in the IMO.
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