UNGA79 / JAMAICA

Kamina Johnson Smith, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Jamaica, said, “Jamaica is now an attractive destination for investment.” UNIFEED

• Video Length: 00:01:26
• Production Date: 27 September 2024
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: KAMINA JOHNSON SMITH
• Corporate Name: GENERAL ASSEMBLY
• Subject Topical: GENERAL ASSEMBLY; GENERAL DEBATE; SPEAKERS
• Geographic Subject: JAMAICA
• MAMS Id: 3264201
• Parent Id: 3263032
• Alternate Title: unifeed240927u

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STORY: UNGA79 / JAMAICA
TRT: 01:26
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 26, 27 SEPTEMBER 2024, NEW YORK CITY

Shotlist

26 SEPTEMBER 2024, NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, UNHQ exterior

27 SEPTEMBER 2024, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, Kamina Johnson Smith, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Jamaica walks to the podium
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Kamina Johnson Smith, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Jamaica:
“Jamaica is now an attractive destination for investment. Over the last ten years, in spite of the pandemic, we have more than halved our debt to GDP ratio, significantly reduced our poverty rates, brought unemployment to historic lows and increased our minimum wage by more than 100 percent. Our management of the economy has created a fiscal space, that has allowed us to invest more into social welfare, national security, health and education.”
4. Wide shot, delegates
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Kamina Johnson Smith, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Jamaica:
“As a small island developing state, Jamaica is severely affected by higher temperatures, warmer seas, sea level rise and the increased intensity and frequency of natural disasters. Hurricane Beryl, which impacted the Caribbean in July this year, was the earliest Category 5 hurricane on record.”
6. Wide shot, delegates
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Kamina Johnson Smith, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Jamaica:
“It bears repeating that no country can combat the effects of climate change on its own. Jamaica, therefore, affirms our unwavering commitment to international cooperation, to counter the negative impacts of climate change, and to the pursuit of climate justice.”
6. Wide shot, delegates applauding

Storyline

Kamina Johnson Smith, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Jamaica, said, “Jamaica is now an attractive destination for investment.”

Addressing the General Assembly High-Level Debate in New York today (27 Sep) Kamina Johnson Smith, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Jamaica said, “over the last ten years, in spite of the pandemic, we have more than halved our debt to GDP ratio, significantly reduced our poverty rates, brought unemployment to historic lows, and increased our minimum wage by more than 100 percent. Our management of the economy has created a fiscal space, that has allowed us to invest more into social welfare, national security, health and education.”

She also said, “as a small island developing state, Jamaica is severely affected by higher temperatures, warmer seas, sea level rise and the increased intensity and frequency of natural disasters. Hurricane Beryl, which impacted the Caribbean in July this year, was the earliest Category 5 hurricane on record.”

She continued, “it bears repeating that no country can combat the effects of climate change on its own. Jamaica, therefore, affirms our unwavering commitment to international cooperation, to counter the negative impacts of climate change, and to the pursuit of climate justice.”