“The draft resolution had no opposition, something considered exceptional,” says a diplomatic source. It will now go directly to the General Assembly plenary session.
HAVANA TIMES – The draft resolution on Nicaragua for the OAS General Assembly, which demands that Daniel Ortega’s regime “end impunity and release all political prisoners,” was approved “unanimously” by the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States on June 18.
A diplomatic source from the OAS Permanent Council explained to CONFIDENCIAL that, given the total consensus reached on the resolution, it is now sent “in a closed manner” for approval, without any modification, for the OAS General Assembly, which will be held between June 26 and 28 in Paraguay.
The resolution was promoted by Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Antigua and Barbuda, the United States, Argentina, Uruguay, and Peru, and in the debates “had the support and active participation of the ambassadors of Mexico, Brazil, and Colombia,” revealed the diplomatic source.
More Countries Participate in OAS Volunteer Group
This volunteer group was formed after Nicaragua left the OAS and is led by Canada and Chile as co-facilitators. More countries participated in the volunteer group than in the previous Working Group, and countries from all subregions joined the debates, including members of the Central American Integration System (SICA), such as Guatemala and Costa Rica, and Caribbean countries from Caricom, such as Saint Lucia, Antigua and Barbuda, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago.
“The draft resolution had no opposition, and thus, something considered exceptional in the resolutions prepared by the Permanent Council for the General Assembly. The resolution was sent ‘closed,’ meaning conse