Army Gen. Laura J. Richardson provides opening remarks during a round table discussion focused on women, peace and security and NCO leadership development January 31, 2022, in Belize City, Belize. The meeting was held in advance of the Belize-hosted 2022 Central American Security Conference, which brought together partner nations from Central America to discuss regional security cooperation issues ranging from countering transnational criminal organizations to natural disaster response on February 1-2, 2022.