UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations Special Representative for Haiti is urging the international community to continue standing in solidarity with the Haitian people, as gang violence increases in Haiti.

NASSAU, Bahamas – A new survey has found that a significant number of women in The Bahamas suffered physical or sexual violence during their lifetime and have had challenges accessing healthcare, law enforcement and social services.

UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations Wednesday condemned the ongoing political and socio-economic situation in Haiti questioning also the motivation for the criminal acts by gangs bent on overthrowing the government of Prime Minister Dr. Ariel Henry.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – The United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) says more than 2,500 people have been killed or injured in gang violence in Haiti during the first three months of this year.

BELMOPAN, Belize – The Director General of the Statistical Institute of Belize (SIB), Diana Castillo-Trejo, says the country’s population has been growing at a “slower rate than was previously estimated,” after the preliminary results of the 2022 census showed that the population had increased by 23 per cent since 2010.

ST.  GEORGE’S, Grenada – Grenada says it has started the process of developing a food security crisis preparedness plan (FSCPP) aimed at defining what constitutes a major food and nutrition security crisis for the country in the event of a national hazard or external shocks such a global health pandemic.

ATHENS, Greece – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries on Tuesday called for a multi-lateral approach to the transition to a “Blue economy” so as to harness the advantages of a new balance between economic development, social cohesion, and sustainability.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia – The United nations Children Fund (UNICEF) has signed a partnership agreement with the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) that will directly impact the lives of children and young people across the nine-member sub-regional grouping.

GENEVA - Haiti’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva, Justin Viard, Tuesday welcomed the report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, who had earlier warned that the scale of human rights abuses is unprecedented in modern Haitian history.

GENEVA -Guyana is supporting calls or a second International Decade for People of African Descent.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana –  The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Monday criticised Venezuela for the “unacceptable escalation of tensions” with Guyana over the border dispute regarding the ownership of the Essequibo, an oil-rich region that makes up about two-thirds of Guyana and is home to 125,000 of its 800,000 citizens.

UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations says humanitarians continue to support Haitians affected by rampant gang violence in the capital, Port-au-Prince, while an appeal for the French-speaking Caribbean country remains underfunded.