AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH JAMAICAN PERM REP TO

UNCLAS USUN NEW YORK 000190 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: UNGA JA SUBJECT: AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH JAMAICAN PERM REP TO THE UN ¶1. In a February 24 meeting between Ambassador Rice and Jamaican Ambassador to the UN Raymond Wolfe, Wolfe briefed Ambassador Rice on initial fundraising for a "Permanent Memorial at the United Nations in Honor of the Victims of Slavery and the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade." Wolfe noted that while planning and design for the monument had not commenced, the CARICOM countries were already contributing to a stand-alone fund for the memorial. In addition, Wolfe said that the UK and Netherlands had pledged a total of 300,000 USD toward the project. ¶2. Ambassador Rice urged Wolfe to further advance the design and conceptual details of the project and suggested broadening fundraising to include the US private sector. Noting that Jamaica and the US are "natural partners," she urged increased cooperation between the US and Jamaica on human rights and other issues of common interest at the United Nations. In response to a query on whether Jamaica would support the US candidate for the UN Appeals Tribunal, Wolfe noted that the US candidate, Judge Mark Painter, is among a list of recommended candidates forwarded from the Jamaican mission to the Jamaican Foreign Ministry. Rice