Deputies Tanis Tertius, Alfredo Junior Antoine and Claude Lesly Pierre, representatives of the Parliamentary Front against Hunger in Haiti (FPFH) left the country to Barbados, to participate in the subregional conference of the Parliamentary Front against Hunger in the Americas and Caribbean region, which was held on Friday, July 21 in Bridgetown.

This conference was organized with the financial support of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and brought together Members of Parliament from 14 member countries of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). It will serve as a forum for dialogue and reflection to analyze the priority food security and nutritional problems of countries based on existing data, the particularities of the Caribbean subregion and the best national and subregional mechanisms, to makes advance the legislation, policy and advocacy in the field.

After its exchange visit, from 12 to 15 July 2017 in Santo Domingo, the Parliamentary Front against Hunger in the Dominican Republic (FPF-RD), the Parliamentary Front against Hunger in Haiti (FPFH) will have once the opportunity to learn about the experiences of other Parliamentary Fronts against Hunger in the Caribbean subregion.

As a reminder, Haiti is the 18th country in the region of Latin America and the Caribbean, and the first French-speaking country in the world, to have a Parliamentary Front against Hunger https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-21538-icihaiti-politics-creation-of-the-parliamentary-front-against-hunger.html

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