CARICOM chairman Dr. Keith Rowley stressed the importance of addressing crime and violence in the region “as a public health issue”, even as countries focus their attention on dealing with the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic.
He said, to do this, a planned high-level summit of member states and regional multi-sectoral partners which he, as lead CARICOM head with responsibility for security, had committed to hosting must be convened.
That summit was scheduled for April last year, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
However, the Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister said on Wednesday that it was crucial for it to be convened soon.
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