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Jamaica

Americas

UN Member since 1962

Member of NAM, OAS.

Population

2.8M

GDP

$17.5B

Capital

Kingston

Government

Parliamentary constitutional...

Power & politics

Leadership, governance, and democratic trajectory.

Democracy index

7.4 / 10

UN voting record

How Jamaica votes at the UN General Assembly — ideological trajectory, voting partners, topic patterns, and key recent roll calls.

Ideological trajectory

Voting summary

No votes recorded for this period yet.

Bloc alignment

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Top voting partners

Topic-level voting

Source: Erik Voeten, “United Nations General Assembly Voting Data”, Harvard Dataverse (CC0). Aggregated by Model Diplomat. Last refresh tracked in profile freshness.

Foreign policy

Bilateral posture, key relationships, and live diplomatic statements.

Foreign Policy

Jamaica's foreign policy balances strong ties with the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada (home to large Jamaican diasporas) with Caribbean solidarity through CARICOM and engagement with China, which has made significant investments in Jamaican infrastructure.

Jamaica is a leading advocate for reparations for the transatlantic slave trade, marijuana decriminalisation in international drug policy frameworks, and reform of the international financial architecture to address debt burdens in middle-income developing countries.

Allies

MUN Delegate Guide

As Jamaica, you are a cultural superpower and a diplomatic heavyweight within CARICOM. Use your disproportionate global recognition to amplify Caribbean concerns -- everyone knows Jamaica.

Lead on reparations for slavery -- Jamaica has established a national reparations commission and can build coalitions with African states and other Caribbean nations on this issue. Drug policy reform is another strong platform -- challenge the war-on-drugs paradigm.

Coordinate with CARICOM partners on climate, trade, and development. Jamaica's debt burden experience makes you a credible voice on financial architecture reform. Ally with Barbados on the Bridgetown Initiative and with African states on reparations.