Haiti – FLASH : Signing of an agreement on the legal status of the Mission – HaitiLibre.com : Haiti news 7/7

Friday June 21, 2024 in Washington, Ambassador Gandy Thomas, Acting Representative of Haiti to the Organization of American States (OAS) and the Ambassador of Kenya to the United States, Lazarus O. Amayo signed a SOFA legal agreement Status Of Force Agreement on the status of the Multinational Security Support Mission (MMSS), announced Cristobal Dupouy, the special representative of the Secretary General of the OAS in Haiti.

Let’s remember that SOFA agreements are international legal agreements allowing for derogations, within certain limits, from the principle of territorial jurisdiction of the host State. This agreement which grants a set of privileges and immunities to members of the Mission, guaranteed by the Haitian State. This agreement was essential and conditioned the deployment of the Mission.
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