BDF Officers Deployed to Haiti to Aid Security and Elections

On Saturday, the Ministry of National Defence and Border Security announced in a statement the deployment of two senior officers from the Belize Defence Force (BDF) to support Haiti’s restoration efforts. 

The collaboration is part of the “United Nations Security Council Resolution 2699, which aims to re-establish security within Haiti and create conditions conductive to free and fair elections,” stated the Ministry. 

According to the statement, the BDF officers, Ermil Coh and Claudio Quiroz, will join a multinational task force in collaboration with the Jamaican Defence Force.

Haiti last conducted elections in 2016, and since then, officials have cited gang violence and political instability as reasons for the inability to hold new elections. “This deployment underscores Belize’s steadfast commitment to aiding international security restoration efforts and reinforces our support for CARICOM partners and allies in the region,” the Ministry added.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in an X post, “The BDF has deployed two officers to join their Jamaican counterparts for onward assignment in Haiti as part of the UN authorized Multinational Security Support Mission. Belize remains unequivocally committed to the success of the MSS in Haiti.”