I kēia lā, ua loaʻa ʻo Saint Martin i ke kūlana o ka lālā hui o ka Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS). ʻO kēia holomua ma mua o ka hoʻololi wale ʻana i ke kūlana; ʻO ia ka mea e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ai i ka hoʻolaʻa ʻana o ka teritore i ka lokahi āpana, ka pōmaikaʻi hui, a me ka hui pū ʻana me kona mau hoa Caribbean.
ʻO ka lilo ʻana i lālā o ka OECS he hōʻoia hohonu i ka ikaika a me ka hiki ke loaʻa i ka hui ʻana o ka Caribbean. No nā kenekulia, ua hoʻopili ʻia ko kākou mau mokupuni ma o ka moʻomeheu waiwai, ka pilina ʻohana, ka neʻe ʻana, a me ke kōkua like ʻana. Hoʻomaopopo maoli kēia holomua i ka hoʻonui ʻia ʻana o ko mākou ikaika hui ke hui pū mākou i kā mākou hana.
"Ma ke ʻano he kākoʻo haʻaheo no ka hoʻoulu ʻana i ka laulima waiwai a koʻikoʻi i loko o ka ʻāina, ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei au me ka naʻau holoʻokoʻa ʻo mākou ke kahu o ko mākou kaikunāne," i hōʻoia ai ʻo Valérie Damaseau - Komisina o ka Culture and Tourism of Saint Martin.
"I nā manawa pilikia a me nā pilikia, ʻo ke kaiāulu Karipiano ka mea e pane mua, kū paʻa, a hāpai kekahi i kekahi.
ʻO kēia hui pū me ka OECS he ala i ka holomua e pōmaikaʻi ai ʻo Saint Martin a me ka ʻāina ākea. Hoʻomaʻamaʻa ia i ka launa pū ʻana o ka hoʻokele waiwai, ka launa moʻomeheu, a me nā hoʻolālā hoʻomohala hui, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā ʻāpana koʻikoʻi e like me ke kālepa, ka mākaʻikaʻi, ka hoʻonaʻauao, ka hoʻomau ʻana i ke ea, a me ke olakino lehulehu. Eia kekahi, wehe ia i nā manawa hou no ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka ea a me ka pili moana, e hōʻoia ana i ka pili ʻana o ka poʻe o ka Caribbean ma mua o ka wā.
Ma ka hui pū ʻana i kēia hui, hōʻoia hou ʻo Saint Martin i kāna kūpaʻa i ka hoʻoulu ʻana i kahi wā e hiki mai ana kahi ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā lāhui Caribbean i ka hoʻomau, ka hana hou, a me ka hoʻokele ponoʻī. Ke holomua nei ka ʻāina, hōʻike kēia kuʻikahi i ka hiki ke kū i ka wā e hui pū ai nā panalāʻau Karipiano-ʻaʻole wale ma ka ʻuhane akā ma o nā hoʻoikaika hui pū kekahi.
"ʻO kā mākou moʻomeheu, ko mākou koko, a me ko mākou ʻokoʻa ʻaʻole wale nā kumu e hoʻolauleʻa ai i ko mākou ʻano - he mea hōʻoia lākou he ikaika ka Caribbean," wahi a Valérie Damaseau - Komisina o ka Culture and Tourism of Saint Martin.
"ʻAʻole kēia ka pahuhopu hope; ʻo kēia ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka launa pū ʻana, ka hopena ākea, a me kahi ʻike like ʻana e ʻoi aku ma mua o ko mākou mau kahakai."
Manaʻo nui ʻo Saint Martin e hāʻawi i kahi haʻawina nui i ka OECS a manaʻo i ka wā e hiki mai ana e ʻike ʻia a mahalo ʻia ka hui ʻana o Caribbean. Huiia, e oi kakou i ko kakou mau palena. E hui pū mākou i kahi hoʻoilina i hōʻike ʻia e ka ikaika, kūpaʻa, a me nā hiki palena ʻole.
