KINGSTON, Jamaica – The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Resident Representative, Kishan Khoday, is calling for the adoption of a national Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) along with regular State of Youth Poverty reports to enrich the measurement of poverty beyond income in Jamaica.

UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations says its Security Council on Friday renewed for one year the sanctions regime on Haiti, including a targeted assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo measures, aimed at curbing the illicit flow of weapons to criminal gangs which have sown chaos across the country. 

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent – The 18th edition of the Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA) began on Monday with the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary General, Dr. Carla Barnett underscoring the importance of the weeklong event to the regional efforts at food security.

UNITED NATIONS – The head of the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH), Maria Isabel Salvador, has warned that criminal gangs are stepping up attacks in areas they do not yet control and that the situation in the country “has unfortunately deteriorated”.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCR) has established a dedicated regional office, for the first time, in The Bahamas and headed by Barbadian Michelle Brathwaite.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – The European Union (EU)has condemned last weeks horrific massacre in Pont Sondé, to the north of here that was carried out by the “Gran Grif” gang.

UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations Security Council Tuesday heard that gangs continue spreading terror and fear in Haiti and that the country was mired in a “complex and multifaceted crisis” encompassing security, economic, social, human rights, development and humanitarian challenges.

PARIS, France – The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Friday said it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)  to bolster the protection of freedom of expression, journalist safety and other fundamental freedoms.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is preparing for the Twenty-Ninth Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP29) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which is scheduled to take place from November 11-22 in Baku, Azerbaijan. 

UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations High Commissioner, Volker Türk, says the international community needs to make sure that individuals, who  are behind the criminal gangs terrorizing Haiti “are actually sanctioned”.

LIMA, Peru – The 40th Session of the Economic  Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) is underway here with delegates reaffirming their commitment to initiatives aimed at ensuring more productive, inclusive and sustainable development in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).

United Nations – The United Nations Migration Office Says Half Of Haiti’s Displaced Are Children, Stating That A Breakdown In Law And Order And A Wider Humanitarian Emergency Across The French-Speaking Caribbean Country Have Displaced More Than 700,000 People – One In Two Of Them Children.