Press conference hosted by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the Permanent Mission of Jamaica to the United Nations, to launch an international design competition for the Permanent Memorial to honour the victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
. Ambassador R. Evadne Coye, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Foreign Trade of Jamaica; Ambassador Tete Antonio, Permanent Observer; Ambassador Joseph Goddard; Permanent Representative of Barbados, Ambassador Raymond O. Wolfe, Permanent Representative of Jamaica; Chair, Permanent Memorial Committee, Mr. Philippe Kridelka, Director of UNESCO’s New York Office and Representative to the United Nations
