NEW YORK, UNITED STATES.-During his participation yesterday at the UN, the Prime Minister of Haiti, Garry Conille, appeared alongside the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, to ask for greater commitment and support from the international community to the security mission deployed in their country, if they want to defeat the gangs.
“We are far away, we are not even close to winning this. The mission at this time is not sufficiently equipped to be able to handle (insecurity) and will need more support, help and accompaniment if we want to be successful,” said Conille about the public order crisis, particularly unbridled since 2021 with the assassination of President Jovenel. Moses.
Little financing
Kenyan President William Ruto said yesterday that his country and other African and Caribbean nations are ready to deploy to Haiti, but are hampered by insufficient equipment and funding.
Ruto called on all Member States to stand in solidarity with the people of Haiti by providing necessary support, either directly to the countries contributing to the military mission or through the United Nations Trust Fund.
“The progress made so far in Haiti demonstrates that what was once considered an impossible mission is in fact a present and undeniable reality,” added the Kenyan president, who visited Haiti last weekend.
Last Saturday, Ruto promised in Port-au-Prince that Kenya will soon send 600 troops to join the multinational mission, some 300 in October and November.
Ruto affirmed before the United Nations General Assembly that his country will send more police to Haiti to reach the goal of 2,500 troops of the Multinational Security Support Mission (MMAS) authorized by the UN by January 2025.
“We are deeply grateful for the financial and logistical support of the United States, Canada and other Member States that shoulder the burden. This has been fundamental for the deployment of the MMAS so far,” said the president.
“Kenya will deploy the additional contingent to achieve the goal of having 2,500 police officers by January next year,” Ruto said in his speech, specifying that his country has already deployed 382 officers in Haiti.
Transform force
The president of Haiti’s transitional council, Edgard Leblanc Fils, also referred to the issue and advocated transforming the multinational force supporting the Haitian Police into a peacekeeping mission under the mandate of the United Nations.
“We want a reflection to begin on the transformation of the security support mission (led by Kenya) into a peacekeeping mission under the mandate of the United Nations,” declared Leblanc during the third day of general dialogues. at the UN General Assembly.
USA
— Largest donor
Antony Blinken stressed that his country is the largest donor to the Mission in Haiti, and recalled that it recently announced an additional $160 million for the operation. The Secretary of State recently visited Haiti.
