Monday 5th August, 2024, GODFREY OTUNGE, MSS Force Commander officially launched a one month Linguistic and intercultural capacities development of uniformed personnel of the
Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission in Haiti spearheaded by the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) with the support of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
On 2 October 2023, the UN Security Council adopted a resolution (UNSCR 2699) authorizing the deployment, under Chapter VII of the UN Charter, of a non-UN Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission in Haiti, for an initial period of twelve months, and whose mandate is to support the efforts of the Haitian National Police (PNH) to re-establish security in Haiti and build security conditions conducive to holding free and fair elections.
While French and Haitian Creole are the languages of the Haitian institutions and population with which the MMS will interact, several States that have expressed the possibility of contributing to the Mission are not French-speaking and/orCreole-speaking.
Building on its track record in teaching French language to uniformed personnel and on the existence of a dedicated learning method developed with France (En Avant !), the International organization of La Francophonie (IOF) had elaborated a fully funded ready-to-start training package to support linguistic (French and Haitian creole) and intercultural capacities of uniformed personnel at the MSS.
The aim is to improve the performance of all the Mission's personnel, as well as its interaction with the host country in order to develop a relationship of trust.
The teaching of Creole and French is being implemented in partnership with the Institut français in Haïti.
Moving forward, language barrier will be a thing of the past as police officers will be capacitated with skills, knowledge and competence to communicate and interact with local Haitian who have welcomed them in the country.
MSSM is committed to working hand in hand and supporting the Haitian National Police (HNP) to bring law and order in HAITI. Special thanks and recognition go to the following stakeholders for supporting the training of police officers to be competent in French and Creole:
1. International Organization for thé Francophone
2. French ministry of Foreign Affairs
3. French Institute in Haiti
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