Agenda

• IADB Background for Small States

• Small States Commission 2009-10
• Secretariat’s Small States Office
• IADB Natural Disaster Exercise 21-25 Mar
• Conclusion
 Mandates and Resolutions

IADB Statutes AG/RES.1 (XXXII-E/06)

The IADB shall take into account the needs

of smaller states whose vulnerability is
greater than the traditional threats and
new threats, concerns and other
challenges.
  Mandates and Resolutions

AG / RES. 2485 (XXXIX-O/09)

Special Security Concerns of Small Island States.

AG / RES. 2473 (XL-O/10) Support the activities

of the IADB
Article 8 The IADB in coordination with the
Secretary General and the CSH, continue to provide
advisory services to smaller states in accordance with
its statute, to support their efforts against threats,
concerns and challenges.
  List of Small Island States and the Caribbean

Members of the IADB Non Members of the IADB

1. Antigua and Barbuda 1. Dominica

2. The Bahamas Barbados 2. Grenada
3. Trinidad and Tobago 3. St. Kitts and Nevis
4. Haiti 4. St. Lucia
5. Suriname 5. St. Vincent &
6. Belize Grenadines
7. Dominican Republic
8. Guyana
9. Jamaica

9 IADB REPRESENTATIVES
IN A TOTAL OF 15 COUNTRIES
 Topics or areas in which the IADB is
currently advising

1. Search and Rescue

2. Natural disasters
3. White Papers
4. Small States Issues
5. Measures to Promote Confidence
and Security
6. Special security concerns of small
island States
 Mandate Threat Vulnerability Impact Needs
Hurricanes Limited capacity Severe destruction Provisional
Tsunamis Pandemic exposure loss of economy reconstruction
Volcanic activity Dependence on Foreign resources capability
Landslides Assistance. Loss of critical Training in
Climate Change Lack of redundancy in the Infrastructure humanitarian
Floods coordination of response Humanitarian crises assistance,
Drought Institutional capacity
Natural Disaster and development,
response,

Environmental Total dependence in critical No redundancy Critical infrastructure

Hazards. infrastructure. capability protection, resilience
Wildfires. Lack of response capacity Negative economic & replacement.
Accident during and environmental Increase International
transport of Nuclear consequences. regulations
Manmade disasters and other hazardous
materials.

Stockpiling Change into improper hands Illegal trafficking Improve Security

Small Arms, Light Selling Improve disposal of
Weapons & Stealing weapons
Ammunitions.

Mountain Lack of resources. Ineffective & delayed Capability acquisition

Urban Capacity building response and capacity building.
Search & Rescue Maritime-Air Capability acquisition

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 Mandate Threat Vulnerability Impact Needs

Lack of White papers Lack of coherent Articulation of the

Lack of internal policy policy framework conceptual
framework. Lack of framework of
Lack of information and transparency, Defense Policy by
research database. accountability and Small States
effective Development of the
intervention Policy with
performance
Defense Policy indicators
Improve
management and
administration of
policy

Capacity constraints Lack of Exchange of

Lack of integration within information information
the region sharing Improve
Limited involvement in Lack of cooperation,
existing cooperation coordination in coordination and
mechanism. efforts against communication
common threats within the region
throughout the Increase the ties
region. with regional
Cooperation
Lack of mechanism.
opportunities for
Education,
Training
Exercises
 Emerging Threats
• Narcotic trafficking
• Illegal trafficking of small arms & light
weapons
• Illegal trafficking of persons.
• Gangs
• Corruption
• Deportees
• Cybercrime
• HIV/ AIDS
• Terrorism
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  Identified Needs of Small States
• Provisional reconstruction capability,
• Training in humanitarian assistance,
• Institutional capacity acquisition and
development response capability
building,
• Critical infrastructure protection,
resilience & replacement.
• Increase International regulations
• Improve Security
• Exchange of information
  Identified Needs of Small States
• Improve disposal of weapons
• Articulation of the conceptual framework
of Defense Policy by Small States
• Development of the Policy with
performance indicators
• Improve management and administration
of policy
• Improve cooperation, coordination and
communication within the region
• Increase the ties with regional mechanism.
 IADB Office of Small States Issues

The IADB Secretariat has created a new office

of Small States Issues to expand cooperation
and coordination with regional and
subregional organizations which allows the
IADB to better accomplish it’s mission to
advise the OAS with regard to special concerns
of small island states in the Caribbean.
 Office of Small States Issues

Secretariat / SAS / Office of Small States Issues:

Provides advisory capacity and monitors all matters concerning
issues related to the special concerns of small island states of
the Caribbean. Coordinates with OAS agencies such as CICAD,
CICTE, CIFTA in order to provide better military advise to the
OAS in accordance with IADB Statutes and Charters.

We respectfully request that member states consider supporting

the IADB with representatives from their law enforcement
agencies in this new effort.
 Natural Disasters

Ability to continuously monitor the hemisphere,

through the Situation Room of the IADB, to obtain
timely information on emergency alert or
occurrences of natural disasters or manmade, to
provide timely advice to the Council of Delegates the
IADB and this in turn to the OAS General Secretariat
and its institutions and agencies, according to the
emergency occurred.
 Natural Disasters
Secretariat / Office of Disaster Assistance:
advises and monitors all matters relating to
disaster issues and participates as a link to:

Civilian agencies: IACNDR; CIDI;

CEPREDENAC; CDEMA; CAPRADE, ICRC,
OCHA, RIMD

Military organizations: CEA, CNI; SICOFFAA

Interamerican Defense College

Seminar on Complex Emergencies and Disasters.
 Natural Disasters
  Conclusion

To urge the OAS member states, especially small island

states in the Caribbean, to facilitate timely technical

assistance, stimulating interest in participating in issues

of mutual interest to the IADB and OAS, in order to

promote greater interaction and cooperation, in

accordance with the status of the IADB and the General

Assembly of the OAS.