On Monday, April 22, 2024, during a meeting of the United Nations Security Council on Haiti, Maria Isabel Salvador, special representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations and head of the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) , spoke by videoconference before the United Nations Security Council to present the periodic state of the situation in Haiti.
She addressed the President of the Council in these terms: “Today, it pains me to see that all the speeches and calls have not prevented some of the worst scenarios for Haiti from becoming reality in recent months and weeks. During the two private sessions you convened, on March 6 and March 18, I provided an account of the dramatic and unprecedented and never-ending spiral of violence in the country. It is impossible to overstate the increase in gang activity in Port-au-Prince and beyond, the deterioration of the human rights situation and the worsening humanitarian crisis. Meanwhile, only a small percentage, 8.1 percent, of the $674 million in the 2024 Haiti Humanitarian Response Plan has been funded. »
On the question burning of foreign occupation or the multinational security support mission with forces under the leadership of Kenya, she appealed to the International Community that the promises made regarding this deployment be confirmed while taking advantage of “urge all Member States to continue funding the Humanitarian Response Plan; and without further delay to confirm the necessary contributions to the deployment of the multinational security support mission in Haiti. »
She pointed out that “The CARICOM-facilitated process has created opportunities for a new transitional governance arrangement that should enable a truly Haitian-led and Haitian-owned political process, leading to the organization of inclusive, participatory and credible elections. I once again urge Haitian stakeholders to put aside their differences and bring results to the Haitian people through the implementation of a sustainable, time-bound and commonly accepted road map. »
She takes this opportunity to applaud Haitian politicians who have been forced to put aside their differences to find a common path for the restoration of democratic institutions, particularly with the creation of a Presidential Transitional Council.
“I welcome the publication, on April 12 and 16, of the executive decrees creating the CPT and appointing its members. I urge all Haitian stakeholders to put in place the envisaged transitional governance arrangements as quickly as possible, in particular the appointment of an interim Prime Minister and government and the rapid appointment of the Provisional Electoral Council. »
She also recalls that gang leaders and other troublemakers have declared their intention to violently disrupt the current political process. The gangs launched several attacks against the Presidential Palace, which gave rise to violent clashes with the Haitian National Police (PNH), causing numerous victims.
She welcomed the publication, on April 12, by the resigned government of deposed Prime Minister Ariel Henry, whom she disproportionately supported, of the decree creating the Presidential Transitional Council (CPT) and she urged all Haitian stakeholders “ to put in place as quickly as possible the transitional governance arrangements envisaged, in particular the appointment of a Prime Minister and an interim Government and the rapid appointment of the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP). »
According to her, “The number of people in need has continued to grow exponentially. Since March 8, nearly 100,000 Haitians have left Port-au-Prince for the regions, fleeing gang violence in search of safety. Food insecurity also remains endemic across the country, with half the population suffering from severe food insecurity. The multiple protracted crises (political, security, humanitarian) that Haiti continues to face must be resolved together. The international community has a supporting role to play. But it is only through an inclusive, participatory, credible and transparent process that will bring the Haitian people to a new democratically elected governance that sustainable development will become a real possibility for the Haitian people. »
It would seem after everything reported by the head of Binuh, that there is a possibility for the country to return to democratic rails as quickly as we hope.
Our response to Mrs. the head of Binuh, the country will find its paths of grandeur and dignity, the day when the international dark forces of which you are part, will withdraw from Haitian territory to leave conscious and consistent citizens the right to direct their destinies . International forces will under no circumstances resolve the root causes of the Haitian crisis, they will collapse it further into the abyss and chaos as the Minustah did.
Misery, poverty, permanent unemployment ravaging working-class neighborhoods and capitalist exploitation of the country’s resources will cease the moment the capitalists have no influence over the real leaders, those who are not submissives, and who do not were not imposed by Western vultures.
But until when will these reactionary hypocrites in the service of the exploiting powers stop bluffing the Haitian people?
The day when the rebellious people will finally kick them out!
