BRUSSELS – The two-day summit of the European Union and the Community of Latin American and the Caribbean States (EU-CELAC) ended here on Tuesday with a Declaration containing “wide-ranging agreements” concerning all the major contemporary issues confronting both regions.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Thousands of Haitian workers alongside their Dominican colleagues have resumed work, following recent violent incidents, resulting in several deaths and provoking a total stoppage of production activities in a Haitian-Dominican free zone facility.

UNITED NATIONS – The head of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Catherine Russell, has warned that “the world is failing the Haitian people,” and has called for immediate action by the international community to address conditions in Haiti.

UNITED NATIONS – The U.N. Security Council has called on secretary-general Antonio Guterres to come up with options to help combat Haiti’s armed gangs, including a possible U.N. peacekeeping force and a non-U.N. multinational force.

ROSEAU, Dominica – Dominica’s Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit Friday called on China to use its vote in the United Nations Security Council to support a call for the mobilization of an internationals security force to restore peace and stability in Haiti.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica has been elected to serve on the United Nations World Tourism Organization’s (UNWTO) Executive Council for 2023-2027 alongside Colombia.

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – Heads of State and Government of the European Union (EU) and the Community of Latin American and the Caribbean States (CELAC) will be meeting in Brussels for the EU-CELAC Summit from July 17 to 18 – the first in eight years.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – CARICOM leaders ended their three-day summit this week agreeing to have the free movement of all categories of people by March next year.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Guyana has lamented the absence of health, education and technology from the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) mission to increase food production and eat healthy.

NEW YORK, New York – Haiti has been ranked as one of the poorest countries in the world, according to the global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) released on Tuesday.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – United Nations Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, Monday appealed to the international community to help establish an international force to bring about peace and stability in Haiti, even as Caribbean Community CARICOM) leaders said the situation in the French-speaking CARICOM country “is a major item on their agenda for their summit here.

ROSEAU, Dominica – Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit says he is looking forward to his tenure as chairman of the 15-member Caribbean Community (CARICOM) grouping from July 1, predicting that the upcoming six months will be a “critical” one for the regional integration grouping.