WASHINGTON, DC – The Organization of American States (OAS) says the Permanent Mission of St. Kitts and Nevis has donated the artwork “Mosaic – A Woman of Power in an Everyday World” by artist Vaughn Anslyn into the permanent art collection of the OAS Art Museum of the Americas.

UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Haiti, Ulrika Richardson, says that “Haitians want to be able to live, not just survive.

OTTAWA, Canada – Canada has “strongly” condemned what it describes as the “horrifying violence that continues to be perpetrated by gangs in Haiti”.

UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations says this year has seen a staggering 1,000 percent or ten-fold surge in sexual violence against children in Haiti during an unprecedented crisis which has also seen armed gangs continue to terrorize communities amid a growing humanitarian disaster.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Barbados' Prime Minister, Mia Mottley has told an international conference here that high crime rates, climate change, global health challenges and restricted access to international development funding are among key factors the key factors preventing the region’s further socio-economic development.

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.

WASHINGTON, DC –  A new study by the Inter American Development Bank (IDB) has found that Latin America and the Caribbean social and economic development remains heavily burdened by crime and violence.

UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday once again urged the United States to end its economic, commercial and financial embargo against Cuba, renewing a demand it has made annually since 1992. 

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”.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary General, Dr. Carla Barnett says climate change is profoundly impacting all aspects of life in the region including the water supply.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – The government of the Central American nation of El Salvador on Wednesday approved sending a military contingent to this French speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member state to assist in medical evacuation operations as part of the Kenya-led Multinational Security Support Mission (MMAS). 

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.