15 avril 2024
Mister President,
The undersigned, members of the Haitian business community, present their compliments to His Excellency William Ruto and salute His Excellency for his unwavering support in providing Kenyan leadership for the Multinational Security Support Mission authorized by the United Nations Security Council on October 2, 2023.
They are grateful for the affirmed intention of the international community to respond positively to the Haitian government’s request made in early October 2022, for robust assistance so that its armed forces and national police can restore security. Security is a vital element of the socio-economic development of a State. There can be no significant investments without security. While Haiti’s capital region as well as its most important agricultural area are under siege by well-armed gangs, who hinder the free movement of people and goods in the country’s 10 departments.
The undersigned organizations welcome the adoption by the United Nations Security Council of Resolution 2699 on October 2, 2023, which authorized the deployment of a Multinational Security Support Mission (MSSM). Thus, we thank the government and people of Kenya in general, and His Excellency President William Ruto in particular, for their willingness to lead the MSSM.
The undersigned recognize that the Haitian security forces lack adequate human and material resources to undertake the arduous task of immediately restoring security to enable the transitional government to implement its road map, which includes economic recovery, assistance with the resettlement of more than 300,000 displaced people as well as institutional reforms and the holding of democratic, free and fair general elections. Therefore, Kenya’s leadership will be crucial in helping Haiti’s security forces defeat gangs, secure critical infrastructure, and assist in the preparation and initial implementation of a national security plan, including including the establishment of a National Security Council.
The stability that Kenya-led assistance will help achieve will enable Haiti’s crippled economy, victim of years of growing insecurity and forced to shrink to a fraction of its installed capacity and capability, to rapidly expand. production and employment to ensure that all stabilization efforts are supported by reliable and consistent socio-economic growth and employment.
The undersigned members of the Haitian business community remain extremely concerned by the unfortunate delay in the deployment of the MSSM, more than six months after the adoption of Resolution 2699, less than three months before the end of its initial nine-month mandate , on July 2.
Given the imminent formation of the inclusive and broad-based Haitian transitional government expected in the coming days, the undersigned members of the business community look forward to the arrival of Kenyan forces in relatively short order.
The undersigned take this opportunity to renew to His Excellency the assurances of their highest consideration.
Jean-Philippe Boisson President AmCham Haiti
Raina Forbin President ATH
Wilhelm Lemke President ADIH Wet.
Duke Edouard Baussan President RPH
Baway Martine Cuvilly Vice-President CCIO
Gérard Laborde President CCIHC
Debarde Jean-Paul Faubert Executive Director Macaya Institute
Grégory Morissette 2nd Vice-President CFHCI
April 15, 2024
Mr. President,
The undersigned, members of the Haitian business community, extend their compliments to His Excellency William Ruto and commend His Excellency for his steadfast support in providing Kenyan leadership for the Multinational Security Support Mission authorized by the United Nations Security Council on October 2, 2023.
They are grateful for the international community’s stated intention to respond positively to the Haitian government’s request made in early October 2022 for robust assistance so that its armed forces and national police can restore security. Security is a vital component of a state’s socio-economic development. There cannot be any meaningful investments without security. Meanwhile, Haiti’s capital region and its most important agricultural area are besieged by well-armed gangs, which impede the free flow of people and goods within the country’s 10 departments.
The undersigned organizations welcome the United Nations Security Council’s adoption of Resolution 2699 on October 2, 2023, which authorized the deployment of a Multinational Security Support Mission (MSSM). Thus, they thank the Government and people of Kenya in general, and His Excellency President William Ruto in particular, for their willingness to lead the MSSM.
The undersigned recognize that the Haitian security forces lack adequate human and material resources to undertake the arduous task of restoring security immediately to enable the transitional government to implement its roadmap, which includes economic recovery, assistance to the resettlement of the more than 300,000 displaced people, as well as institutional reforms and holding democratic, free, and fair general elections. Therefore, Kenya’s leadership will be crucial to help Haiti’s security forces defeat the gangs, secure critical infrastructures, and assist with the preparation and initial implementation of a national security plan, including setting up a National Security Council.
The stability that the Kenyan-led assistance will help achieve will enable the crippled Haitian economy, which has suffered from years of increasing insecurity and has been forced to downsize to a fraction of its installed capacity and capabilities, to quickly increase production and employment to ensure that all stabilization efforts are supported by reliable and steady socio-economic growth and employment.
The undersigned members of the Haitian business community remain extremely concerned about the unfortunate delay in deploying the MSSM, more than six months after the adoption of Resolution 2699, and less than three months before the end of its initial nine-month mandate on July 2nd.
In light of the imminent formation of the broad-based and inclusive Haitian transitional government expected in the coming days, the undersigned members of the business community look forward to welcoming the Kenyan forces in a relatively short order.
The undersigned take this opportunity to renew to His Excellency the assurances of their highest consideration.
