Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States, Anthony Johnson, presented his credentials as Jamaica’s new Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States this morning, in the brief ceremony at the OAS headquarter in Washington, DC

In presenting his credentials to OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulza, Ambassador Johnson pledged that during his tenure in Washington, he would ensure his country continue to play an important role in the hemispheric organization.

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Jamaica’s continued special interest in the issue of economic development and poverty reduction at the hemispheric level were accentuated by Ambassador Anthony Johnson, in his first address as Permanent Representative to the OAS Council in Washington.

OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulza and Assistant Secretary General Albert Ramdin joined the member state ambassadors in welcoming Ambassador Johnson, who used his maiden address to reiterate the call for a timely conclusion of the proposed Social Charter of the Americas to serve as “a blueprint for action on the social agenda of the OAS and in the fight against poverty.”

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