Secretary Basic of the Group of American States (OAS), Albert Ramdin, stated Wednesday that the Caribbean Group (CARICOM) will play a “crucial position” in ongoing efforts to revive stability and safety in Haiti.
Addressing the OAS Everlasting Council below the theme “In the direction of a Haitian-Led Roadmap for Stability and Peace with Regional and Worldwide Help,” Ramdin careworn the necessity for more practical and clear coordination, making certain all member states are absolutely knowledgeable and in a position to determine areas the place they’ll present further assist.
The Roadmap is described as a hemispheric proposal to assist Haiti, designed to hyperlink rapid stabilization with long-term structural reforms. It’s supposed as a versatile and dynamic framework, guided by Haitian management and strengthened via coordination with regional and worldwide companions.
“So coordination, within the first occasion, within the Inter-American system; the coordination position will even be with CARICOM and with the United Nations. However as we communicate for the hemisphere, it is going to be for the OAS,” Ramdin stated.
He famous that whereas the OAS can facilitate political assist, it lacks a mandate for peacekeeping operations. “We are going to facilitate as a lot as will be political assist…as a result of past that we will’t go. We wouldn’t have a mandate for peacekeeping operations to handle. We are able to do rather a lot within the context of facilitating that course of,” he stated.
Ramdin highlighted CARICOM’s contributions to date, saying the 15-member grouping, which incorporates Haiti, “has performed, already, a number of good work by way of political facilitation with Haitian stakeholders.” He added that additional enlargement of this position is feasible, relying on discussions with Haitian authorities, together with the Transitional Presidential Council and the prime minister’s workplace.
He additionally pointed to the looming expiration of the Transitional Presidential Council’s mandate in February 2026 as a key subject. “We have to see what’s going to come after, as a result of this isn’t a plan for six months solely. That is far longer. So that may be a political subject, and we imagine that CARICOM will be very useful. And with the assist of each the OAS and the UN, we stay up for the steering of their expertise on the engagement course of.”
On the position of the United Nations, Ramdin stated the peacekeeping mandate stays below the UN Safety Council (UNSC). “The potential of a decision to fine-tune how that’s going to work sooner or later, I hope that shall be dropped at the desk of the UNSC in a short time,” he stated.
