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Canada’s UN ambassador to attend emergency meeting on gang crisis in Haiti

Caribbean leaders have also invited the U.S., France, the UN and Brazil to attend Monday meeting
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Members of the General Security Unit of the National Palace, USGPN, set up a security perimeter after armed gang members tried to seize the National Palace the day before, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on March 9, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Odelyn Joseph

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.

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