Jamaica hosts first Caribbean staging of OPANAL nuclear disarmament course

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica is hosting the 15th edition of the Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (OPANAL) Course on Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation from October 7 to 9, marking the first time the programme is being held in the Caribbean.

The three-day course, organised by the Government of Jamaica in collaboration with OPANAL, is being hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade.

According to a release, the programme was officially opened with remarks from Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Kamina Johnson Smith, and a video message from OPANAL Secretary-General, Ambassador Juan Carlos Ojeda Viglione.