OTTAWA, Canada – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has called for a clear plan of action before any mission to help Haiti goes forward.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad– The United States Embassy here along with the government of Trinidad and Tobago has launched a second phase of the Strengthening Evidence-Based Decision Making for Citizen Security in the Caribbean (CariSECURE) 2.0.

UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations Secretary General, Antonio Guterres is urging the international community, including the UN Security Council, to consider “as of matter of urgency” the request by the Haitian government for the immediate deployment of an international specialized armed force in the French-speaking Caribbean country.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Chairman of telecommunications company Digicel, Denis O’Brien, has offered his support to the regional reparations movement

ONTARIO, Canada – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has held talks with Suriname’s President, Chandrikapersad Santokhi, who is also the chairman of CARICOM on the political and socio-economic situation in Haiti.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Chairman of the CARICOM Council for National Security and Law Enforcement (CONSOLE), Dr. Horace Chang, says the region must continue to share information and intelligence particularly as it relates to firearms trafficking, cyber security, trafficking in persons and maritime security.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – The 39^th session of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) is underway here with a call for the countries of the region to raise the level of ambition and promote transformative actions to move towards sustainable and equitable development.

UNITED NATIONS – Two United Nations agencies have warned of “catastrophic” hunger being recorded in Haiti for the first time. 

GEORGETOWN, Guyana–The United States says it supporters a “peaceful solution” to the border dispute between Guyana and Venezuela reiterating also that it recognizes the land boundary between the two countries in keeping with the 123-year old 1899 Arbitral Tribunal Award.

UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations Security Council Friday unanimously approved a sanctions regime for Haiti, targeting gang leaders and those who finance them, in the hope of easing months of violence and lawlessness which has fueled a major humanitarian crisis.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados –CARICOM Secretary General, Dr. Carla Barnett says it is important that the Caribbean have opportunities to access the European Sustainable Fund, within which regional platforms, including a Caribbean platform, are to be established.

CUENCA, Ecuador – Antigua and Barbuda Minister of Social Transformation, Human Resource Development and Blue Economy, Dean Jonas, has called on Latin America and the Caribbean to collaborate more to help the region deal with the access to sustainable financing.