PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – United Nations humanitarians say they have finally been able to deliver truckloads of food to highly vulnerable people in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, after gang violence prevented access for more than two months.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados -Barbados will host a pioneering global Small Island Developing States (SIDS) hub that is expected to pay closer attention to the peculiar issues and challenges facing SIDS.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The President of Guyana, Dr.  Mohamed Irfaan Ali has lauded the regional body, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), saying it has  grown exponentially over the past years, and has reaped continuous success on the global scale in various areas.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – St. Kitts-Nevis Prime Minister Dr. Terrance Drew says small island developing states (SIDS) need to build resilience that will protect them from the external shocks which threaten to  push SIDS to the precipice of collapse.

UNITED NATIONS – The establishment of a Kenya-led multinational security support (MSS) mission for Haiti is moving closer as Haiti continues to face a crisis of violence and insecurity caused by entrenched criminal gang activity.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The United States has reiterated its support for Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries in their fight against the high rates of crime and violence that are being fueled by illicit firearms trafficking.

ROSEAU, Dominica - Caribbean Community (CARICOM) foreign ministers have renewed calls for the United States to remove Cuba on its list of states that are “not cooperating fully” in the fight against terrorism.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia – The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission says efforts are being made to establish a World Heritage Sites Network in the sub-regional grouping.

UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says more than 30,000 people displaced by gang violence in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, now have access to safe drinking water.

UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations says “all hands are on deck” as  leaders from Small Island Developing States (SIDS) converge on Antigua and Barbuda to deliver a new plan of action to build resilience on the road to the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations humanitarian coordinator in Haiti,  Ulrika Richardson, has called for greater protection and assistance for people living in areas affected by the ongoing gang violence in the country.

UNITED NATIONS – United Nations independent human rights experts have  issued a stark warning about the ongoing severe violations of women and girls’ rights in Haiti, highlighting the near total impunity of armed gangs amid the ongoing crisis.