San Juan, Puerto Rico – UN Secretary-General António Guterres said he would ask that the United Nations take over funds for structural and logistical costs Multinational force in Haiti It is struggling to fight violent gangs.
Guterres announced late Wednesday in Barbados, where the leaders of the 15-member trading block known as the Emperor gathered for a three-day conference for regional issues, including gang violence in Haiti.
“If the Security Council will accept this proposal, we will have the conditions that we finally have a efficient force for the gang in Haiti and create conditions for democracy to progress,” Guterres said.
He added that the salaries for multinational force will pay off through the already existing confidential fund.
Mission without support A contingent of about 800 Kenyan police police were conducted, which joined the soldiers and police from the territory, including Jamaica, Guatemala and El Salvador working with Haitin national police.
US and other countries have warned that the mission that started last June misses staff and resources as they continue to push UN peacekeeping mission to replace current.
Guterres called the situation in Haiti “horror.”
“The gangs inflict unbearable suffering in desperate and frightened people,” he said. “We must continue to work on the political process owned and led by Haitians who return democratic institutions through the elections.”
But the international crisis group based in Belgium warned in a new report that could be dangerous to delete the premature date an increase in gang violence.
Haiti water Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé and the nine-membered transitional presidential council whose mandate expires 7. February 2026. years.
Haiti did not hold elections in almost a decade, and no president was elected 20. June 11. Assassination of Jovenel Moïse.
The Chamber previously undertook to deliver the elections by 2026. years, but critics say that the intact is a gangs that already control 85% of Haiti capital in the renovated ripitation to take over several territories.
Chairman of the Leslie Voltaire Council He recently said he believed that Haiti can hold elections 15. November and runoff at the beginning of next year, but in just eight regions in Haiti who are gentleman.
The international crisis noticed that the pace of the election depends on the funds allocated from the Haitian Government and foreign donors, with only $ 45 million so far it amounted to $ 90 million to $ 120 million.
The group also warned that multiple challenges for the election maintenance still exist.
“Partisan allegations and corruption allegations extended political dysfunction,” he said. “Violence of rage, with gangs that make some of the worst massacre ever as they are unfitful, insufficient sides of the mission are struggling to enter them.”
The Group also warned that they held elections, too early could launch even more gang violence “to ensure that their allies conquer the positions of power.”
More than 5,600 people were reported In Haiti last year, with a gang violence More than a million Haitians In recent years, according to UN
“Their situation remains great concern,” Mia Amor Mottley said, Prime Minister Barbados’ Prime Minister and Chairman Empress. “And it won’t be enough just to be able to say that Haiti will have elections 15. November. It won’t be enough to just stabilize Haiti’s security situation.”
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