90-DAY CAMPAIGN AGAINST VIOLENCE AND CRIME DEEMED A RESOUNDING SUCCESS 

The 90-Day Campaign Against Violence and Crime, launched in St. Kitts and Nevis in September 2024, has been deemed a significant success. The initiative fostered enhanced collaboration among public, private, and civil society stakeholders, while encouraging a deeper focus on the root causes of crime. The campaign’s outcomes have paved the way for evidence-based strategies aimed at ensuring long-term safety and security.

As the focus now shifts to Beyond the 90-Days, Minister of State, the Honourable Isalean Phillip, reaffirmed the government’s commitment to continuing a “whole-of-society approach” through the Citizen Security Secretariat to address crime and other critical policy matters.

“In order for us to sustainably address violence and crime, we have to do it in partnership. Again, people, programming, partnerships. In order for any of those things to work, we have to make sure that we work in partnership. We have to recreate the communities of care and compassion that were once there before,” she stated during her presentation in the National Assembly on December 17, 2024, as part of the Budget Debate 2025.

“And that is why citizen security is touted as a very comprehensive approach. It not only focuses on national security, which focuses on justice and punishment, but it also considers individual well-being and security. That’s what citizen security is about. It’s about encouraging us and imploring all of us to think about, as individuals, how we ensure we take care of each other,” Minister Phillip added.

The Minister of State, who co-chaired the 90-Day Campaign, emphasized the ministry’s ongoing efforts to engage meaningfully with all stakeholders.

“I want to encourage and express the commitment from the Ministries of Social Development and Gender Affairs, Youth Empowerment, Ageing and Disabilities, as we have the work of focusing on programmes and interventions for human and social development,” she stated. “We will continue to stay committed to driving community and human social development through our focus on people, interventions and partnerships.”

Minister Phillip noted that these partnerships would involve inter-ministerial collaboration as well as engagement with individuals, organizations, and agencies within the community.

The government remains steadfast in its mission to foster a safer and more compassionate society, guided by citizen security and community collaboration.

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