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BELIZE CITY, BELIZE, AUGUST 16, 2021 – The Spotlight Initiative today welcomed Hon. Florencio Marin Jr., Minister of National Defence and Border Security, Hon. Kareem Musa, Minister of Home Affairs and New Growth Industries, and Minister of State in the Ministry of National Defence and Border Security, Hon. Oscar Mira, along with their senior personnel, at  High Level Briefing that reviewed the newly formulated Joint Sexual Violence Prevention and Response (JSVPR) Programme. This briefing was part of a formal review and finalization process before an official launch and roll out in September 2021 that will take place within the Belize Security Forces (Belize Defence Force, Belize Police Department and Belize Coast Guard).

The Spotlight Initiative held a high-level meeting with the Government of Belize on 23 July 2021 at the San Ignacio Resort Hotel. The objective of the meeting was the alignment of the Women’s and Families Agenda within Plan Belize and the United Nations (UN) Women’s and Families Agenda and identify strategies for strengthening and accelerating the implementation of the Spotlight Initiative.

On 2 July 2021, the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC) and the Caribbean Community’s Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (CARICOM IMPACS), in collaboration with the Government of Belize, and with support of the Government of Germany, hosted a virtual Executive Seminar for the Advancement of Belize’s National Action Plan for the implementation of the Caribbean Firearms Roadmap.