Canada UN ambassador to attend emergency meeting about crisis in Haiti
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Unrelenting gang attacks have paralyzed Haiti for more than a week and left it with dwindling supplies of basic goods.
Canada is sending an official to attend an emergency meeting in Jamaica on Monday, following an invite from Caribbean leaders who want to discuss escalating gang violence in Haiti.
A spokesperson for the office of Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly said Bob Rae, Canada’s ambassador to the United Nations, will attend the meeting.
Rae, who is travelling, was not available for a comment on Sunday.
Caricom, the 15-nation Caribbean bloc, said in a statement late Friday that “the situation on the ground remains dire” in Haiti. The Caribbean leaders have also invited the United States, France, the United Nations and Brazil to the meeting.
Unrelenting gang attacks have paralyzed Haiti for more than a week and left it with dwindling supplies of basic goods. Haitian officials extended a state of emergency and nightly curfew on Thursday as gangs continued to attack key state institutions.
Global Affairs Canada confirmed with Global News Sunday that there are currently 2,904 Canadians in Haiti registered with the Registration of Canadians Abroad service.
“The Government of Canada is not planning any departure assistance or repatriation flights for Canadians in Haiti. However, we continue to monitor and assess the security situation very closely,” an email from Global Affairs Canada spokesperson Marilyne Guèvremont said.
Members of the Caricom regional trade bloc have been trying for months to get political actors in Haiti to agree to form an umbrella transitional unity government. But average Haitians, many of whom have been forced from their homes by the bloody street fighting, can’t wait. The problem for police in securing government buildings is that many Haitians have streamed into them, seeking refuge.
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