During the 55th General Assembly of the Organization of American States, celebrated in Antigua and Barbuda this past week, the delegates, at the behest of the United States, passed a resolution to support the multi-national security mission currently in Haiti. The resolution, almost an afterthought, was passed with urgings from the US and Haiti, during the very last session of the assembly.
The resolution urges members of the OAS to give support, according to their means, to the mission currently in Haiti and headed by Kenya. The resolution suggests that member states could assist the mission through contributions to the UN Trust Fund, as well as direct assistance to the Haitian police. All of these efforts, according to the document, are guided towards the celebrations of general elections in Haiti.
The UN Security Council is scheduled to meet on 30 June in New York to discuss continued expanding support to the multinational force led by the Kenyans in Haiti. Minister of Foreign Relations Roberto Alvarez of the DR has called for increasing the force to 2,500 military.
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30 June 2025