Jamaica has diplomatic relations with many nations and is a member of the United Nations and the Organization of American States.
Jamaica chairs the Working Group on smaller Economies.
Jamaica is an active member of the Commonwealth of Nations and the Non-Aligned Movement (G-77).
Jamaica is a beneficiary of the Lome Conventions, through which the European Union (EU) grants trade preferences to selected states in Asia, the Caribbean, and the Pacific, and has played a leading role in the negotiations of the successor agreement in Fiji in 2000.
Disputes - international: none
Illicit drugs: Transshipment point for cocaine from Central and South America to North America and Europe; illicit cultivation of cannabis; government has an active manual cannabis eradication program
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade is the government ministry responsible for handling Jamaica's external relations and foreign trade.
History
Historically, Jamaica has had close ties with the UK.
Trade, financial, and cultural relations with the United States are now predominant.
Jamaica is linked with the other countries of the English-speaking Caribbean through the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), and more broadly through the Association of Caribbean States (ACS).
Jamaica has served two 2-year terms on the United Nations Security Council, in 1979-80 and 2000-2001.
In the follow-on meetings to the December 1994 Summit of the Americas, Jamaica—together with Uruguay—was given the responsibility of coordinating discussions on invigorating society.
Diplomatic Relations
List of countries which Jamaica maintains diplomatic relations with: center|thumb|upright=3.00|Countries which Jamaica has diplomatic relations with
– 2 August 1962
– 2 August 1962
– 2 August 1962
– 6 August 1962
– 6 August 1962
– 6 August 1962
– 12 August 1962
– 29 August 1962
– 13 October 1962
– 14 October 1962
– 12 December 1962
– 2 January 1963
– 19 January 1963
– 14 February 1963
– 25 March 1963
– 7 May 1963
– 18 June 1963
– 18 December 1963
– 16 March 1963
– 10 June 1963
– 4 December 1964
– 24 February 1965
– 25 March 1965
– 22 March 1966
– 29 July 1966
– 21 December 1966
– 4 February 1967
– 25 July 1967
– 2 November 1967
– 15 November 1967
– 8 May 1968
– 6 September 1968
– 13 October 1968
– 20 June 1969
– 29 April 1970
– 29 April 1970
– 25 February 1971
– 30 March 1971
– 6 April 1971
– 21 July 1971
– 31 August 1972
– 21 November 1972
– 8 December 1972
– 10 July 1973
– 10 September 1973
– 5 November 1973
– 6 January 1974
– 5 February 1974
– 20 May 1974
– 21 August 1974
– 27 August 1974
– 9 October 1974
– 14 October 1974
– 14 November 1974
– 21 January 1975
– 30 January 1975
– 30 January 1975
– 30 January 1975
– 2 June 1975
– 18 February 1975
– 10 March 1975
– 12 March 1975
– 14 May 1975
– 15 May 1975
– 15 August 1975
– 26 November 1975
– 28 November 1975
– 20 September 1976
– 5 January 1976
– 8 January 1976
– 19 March 1976
– 24 June 1976
– 15 August 1976
– 22 March 1977
– 7 October 1977
– 1 December 1977
– 3 November 1978
– 15 January 1979
– 22 February 1979
– 26 February 1979
– 25 June 1979
– 29 July 1979
– 7 August 1979
– 6 September 1979
– 12 September 1979
– 19 October 1979
– 11 December 1979
– 29 February 1980
– 18 April 1980
– 15 May 1980
– 26 August 1981
– 17 December 1981
– 4 May 1982
– 3 November 1982
– 8 February 1983
– 19 September 1983
– 2 February 1984
– 10 September 1984
– 23 May 1985
– 27 May 1986
– 23 July 1987
– 27 February 1990
– 28 August 1990
– 13 November 1990
– 13 February 1991
– 16 April 1991
– 26 September 1991
– 11 December 1991
– 18 December 1991
– 7 July 1992
– 1 November 1992
– 10 November 1992
– 1 January 1993
– 1 January 1993
– 16 February 1993
– 6 June 1993
– 9 September 1994
– 23 July 1995
– 27 July 1995
– 20 September 1995
– 23 October 1995
– 22 November 1995
– 1 December 1995
– 3 April 1996
– 9 July 1996
– 16 July 1996
– 31 July 1996
– 8 August 1996
– 9 October 1996
– 9 October 1996
– 7 December 1997
– 29 September 1998
– 6 November 1998
– 22 March 1999
– 27 August 1999
– 30 September 1999
– 6 December 1999
– 25 February 2000
– 23 May 2000
– 8 October 2002
– 1 April 2003
– 14 May 2003
– 27 June 2003
– 17 December 2003
– 27 October 2004
– 19 September 2005
– 25 April 2006
– 29 January 2008
– 4 April 2008
– 12 January 2010
– 12 November 2010
– 24 February 2011
– 4 March 2011
– 20 June 2011
– 21 September 2011
– 29 November 2011
–  26 October 2012
– 3 July 2013
– 23 September 2014
– 27 September 2014
– 18 May 2015
– 1 October 2015
– 11 December 2017
– 28 September 2018
– 29 September 2020
– 24 November 2021
– date unknown
Bilateral relations
Jamaica maintains economic and cultural relations with Taiwan via Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Canada.
Jamaica and the Commonwealth
Jamaica has been a member state of the Commonwealth of Nations since 1962 when it became an independent Commonwealth realm.
Multilateral membership
African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States, Caricom,  CCC,  Caribbean Development Bank,  United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean,  Food and Agriculture Organization,  G-15,  G-33,  G-77,  Inter-American Development Bank,  International Atomic Energy Agency,  International Bank for Reconstruction and Development,  International Civil Aviation Organization,  International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement,  International Fund for Agricultural Development,  International Finance Corporation,  International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies,  International Hydrographic Organization (pending member),  International Labour Organization,  International Monetary Fund,  International Telecommunication Union,  Intelsat,  Interpol,  International Olympic Committee,  International Organization for Migration,
International Organization for Standardization,  International Telecommunication Union,  Latin American Economic System,  Non-Aligned Movement,  Organization of American States,  OPANAL,  Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons,  United Nations,  UN Security Council (temporary),  United Nations Conference on Trade and Development,  UNESCO,  United Nations Industrial Development Organization,  Universal Postal Union,  World Health Organization,  World Intellectual Property Organization,  World Meteorological Organization,  World Tourism Organization,  World Trade Organization See also
List of diplomatic missions in Jamaica
List of diplomatic missions of Jamaica
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