KINGSTON, Jamaica — In furthering her campaign for the post of Commonwealth Secretary-General, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Kamina Johnson Smith, will engage with heads of state and government and foreign ministers of Commonwealth countries in Africa, The Jamaica Observer reported on Saturday, May 7.
Johnson Smith, who departed Jamaica on Friday, will use the working visit to several capital cities in Africa — particularly Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda — to share her vision of reimagining and re-energising support for the Commonwealth.
“In an increasingly challenging global environment, the Commonwealth must be visionary and responsive, recognising always the diversity of our membership, comprising states at various stages of development,” the foreign affairs minister said.
She committed to working with members to generate more strategically targeted action in response to the challenges faced by the group’s 2.5 billion citizens.
These challenges, she noted, range from “expediting the pace of recovery from the pandemic, to effective action on climate finance and resilience, to supporting each other in times of crisis”. See complete article in The Jamaica Observer at https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/latest-news/johnson-smith-to-engage-africa-on-commonwealth-secretary-general-bid/
