Sir Ronald Sanders, Ambassador of Antigua and Barbuda to the Group of American States (OAS), is about to create historical past by assuming the presidency of the OAS Everlasting Council for an unprecedented third time period. This outstanding achievement marks one other vital ‘first’ for Antigua and Barbuda because the OAS expanded its membership 61 years in the past.
Sir Ronald’s third official time period commences on October 1st. He has already demonstrated his management and dedication by serving as President on varied essential events, together with performing as President over 5 periods up to now two weeks alone.
His earlier official tenures as President in 2016 and 2021 noticed him steering the Council’s response to political crises in nations like Haiti, Venezuela, and Nicaragua. As a pivotal determine throughout the Group, Sir Ronald has been instrumental in drafting, negotiating, and endorsing resolutions, declarations, and statements that resonate with international locations throughout the hemisphere.
Ambassador Sanders has constantly voiced vital points pertaining to the Caribbean, taking a powerful stance on issues like Local weather Change, racism, discrimination, reparations for slavery, ladies’s rights, and the pressing name for social justice and fairness.
In recognition of this historic accomplishment, Antigua and Barbuda’s Overseas Minister, E. Paul Chet Greene, expressed the Authorities’s profound pleasure. “Ambassador Sanders’ record-setting management on the OAS amidst a plethora of challenges going through the nations of our Hemisphere unequivocally demonstrates {that a} nation’s dimension isn’t any barrier to its means to steer successfully, offered it’s armed with information and expertise,” acknowledged Minister Greene.
Trying forward, Ambassador Sanders disclosed that his third presidency’s agenda would prominently characteristic essential points like local weather change; weapons, gangs and violence; and entry to concessional financing for improvement. He goals to enhance the inter-American system and anticipates addressing the continued conditions in Haiti, Nicaragua, and Guatemala.
