The Organization of American States (OAS), together with the Permanent Mission of Haiti to the OAS, will host the symposium: “Finding Urgent Solutions for the Haiti Security Crisis,” TOMORROW, Thursday, May 22 at 9:00 EDT (13:00 GMT) in the Hall of the Americas at OAS Headquarters in Washington, D.C.
The event will be opened by OAS Secretary General Luis Almagro and the President-Counselor of the Republic of Haiti, Smith Augustin, and will feature-among others- the following speakers:
· The Minister of Public Security and Justice of Haiti, Patrick Pélissier;
· The Minister of Defense of Haiti, Jean Michel Moïse;
· The Deputy Assistant Secretary for Caribbean Affairs and Haiti, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, U.S. State Department, Barbara Feinstein;
· The Haitian-born U.S. Army combat veteran and scholar of international relations and diplomacy, Rod Joseph, Ph.D.
· The Special Advisor on the Responsibility to Protect of the Organization of American States, Jared Genser; and
· The Director of the Department against Transnational Organized Crime (DTOC) of the OAS, Gaston Schulmeister.
The agenda of the event is available here.
The meeting will be broadcast live – with interpretation in English and French- on the OAS Website and the OAS Facebook page
Press Contact: Mónica Reyes (MReyes@oas.org)
WHAT: OAS to Host Symposium on Haiti’s Security Crisis
WHEN: Thursday, May 22 at 9:00 EDT (13:00 GMT)
WHERE: Hall of the Americas , Organization of American States. 17th Street & Constitution Avenue NW Washington, DC 20006.
Source: OAS Press Release