TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands -  Premier Dr Natalio Wheatley has praised St Martin’s accession to the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), calling the move a “historic occasion” and a critical step for regional cooperation amid global uncertainty.

UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations’ High Commissioner’s Designated Expert on Human Rights, William O’Neill, Tuesday said he believes solving the security crisis in Haiti is “doable” bit would also require law enforcement agencies being properly supplied and neighboring countries do their part.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Government of Guyana has alerted the international community to threats by the Venezuelan military against various oil production vessels operating in Guyana’s waters.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) Monday said in just one month, intense violence has forced nearly 60,000 people to flee as Haiti recorded yet another record in its worsening humanitarian situation.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Government of Guyana has called on the Hague based International Court of Justice (ICJ), to block Venezuela from engaging in electoral activities in the Essequibo region even as the neighboring countries have a pending border case before the judicial body.

UNITED NATONS - The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Haiti, Ulrika Johnson, says the ongoing gang violence in the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country has displaced more than a million people, nearly a tenth of the population, or three times more than last year.

QUEBEC, Canada – In a strong show of support for Guyana’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, the G7 Foreign Ministers on Friday, doubled down on calling out Venezuela’s unlawful incursion into Guyanese waters.

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada - Dominica’s Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit says Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries under the auspices Argyle Agreement are moving to hold a meeting between Guyana and Venezuela  this week  following the latest border dispute between them.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The United Nations Secretary General, Antonio Guterres is urging the international community to “act quickly” as he acknowledged that each new wave of criminal attacks against Haiti’s communities and institutions “is a distressing sign that time is running out.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Last Sunday, US Special Envoy for Latin America and the Caribbean, Mauricio Claver-Carone, met in Washington with the representatives from Barbados, the Bahamas, Belize, Dominica, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Kitts-Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago.

GENEVA – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned of a massive surge in child armed group recruitment in Haiti, saying that the ongoing emergency in the French-speaking Caribbean country is crushing children’s chances of an education and a better future as scores of youngsters are recruited by heavily armed and violent gangs. 

UNITED NATIONS – United Nations Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, Monday said Haiti continues to experience “massive human rights violations” as efforts continue to bring about peace and stability in the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country.