BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – United Nations Secretary General, Antonio Guterres says he intends presenting to the United Nations Security Council, a new initiative aimed at supporting security and stability in Haiti.

WASHINGTON, DC – The United States is being urged to send a high level delegation to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders summit to be held in Barbados later this week.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – Gang violence in Haiti continues to have a devastating impact on the population, according to a new report from the UN office in the country (BINUH) on human rights violations recorded during the last quarter of 2024.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Montserrat Premier Reuben Meade marked his return to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) summit saying that the 51 year-old regional integration movement as “we know it is no longer affordable to most of us and it does not provide value for money”.

PORT AU PRINCE – The international human rights group, Amnesty International, says relentless gang violence in the Haitian capital and surrounding areas has resulted in a brutal attack on childhood.

UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations Children’s Fund, (UNICEF), warned on Friday of the crisis facing Haiti’s children, as violent clashes this week between security forces and armed groups on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince have led to another wave of displacement, according to the UN aid coordination office, OCHA.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, Wednesday underscored the importance of closer collaboration with the Caribbean saying Europe will always be ready to listen and to engage with the region.

BELMOPAN, Belize – The European Union (EU) is providing a two million US dollar grant funding to scale up the “Digital Innovation to Boost Economic Development in Belize” programme, which is being financed by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).

PANAMA CITY, Panama - The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, has urged Latin America and Caribbean countries to strengthen productive development policies.

ROSEAU, Dominica – Dominica’s Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit says he does not support only selected categories of  persons being afforded the opportunity to move  and work freely within the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), insisting that such a privilege should be given to every Caribbean national.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Secretary General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)  Dr Carla Barnett, says regional heads of Government will assess challenges arising in the rapidly changing global context when they meet in Barbados from February 19-21 for the 48th Regular Meeting of the Conference.

UNITED NATIONS – The head of the United Nations Office in Haiti (BINUH), Maria Isabel Salvador, says that Haiti is showing signs of progress on the political front despite serious setbacks in terms of security.