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UN chief calls for ‘enhanced security support’ for Haiti, as crisis worsens — Global Issues


In a statement, Mr. Guterres announced that he had submitted a letter to the Council that included options for enhanced security assistance to Haiti. The move by the UN chief comes a week after Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry sent a request to the international community, asking for a “specialized armed force” to intervene in a suspended country. effectively stalled.

In a statement released Saturday, the US Government’s State Department said it was reviewing the Haitian Government’s request, in coordination with international partners, to “determine how we can strengthen its support to help address Haiti’s fuel shortages and security constraints.” However, to date, the composition of such armed forces has not been specified and no UN member state has made a commitment to send troops.

Last month, gangs blocked off the Verreux fuel terminal, Haiti’s main fuel port, leading to massive gas and diesel shortages and closing businesses and hospitals.

Clean water supplies have also been affected, at a time when Haitians are facing a cholera outbreak, after three years without any cases. The outbreak prompted Martin Griffiths, the UN’s head of humanitarian aid, to call on saturday for emergency life-saving assistance, and warned that, if the spread of the disease is not controlled, it could lead to “catastrophic levels of desperation for the people of Haiti. “

In his statement, the Secretary-General of the United Nations called on Haitians to “rise above their differences and engage, without further delay, in a dialogue of peace and inclusion on a path building forward.”

Guterres promised that the United Nations stands with the Haitian people and will “support efforts to build consensus, reduce violence and promote stability in the country.”

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