The question concerning Haiti - Security Council, 9808th meeting

Haiti’s Delegate Urges Strengthened Arms Embargo as Security Council Receives Briefing by Sanctions Regime

• Categories: Meetings & Events / Security Council
• Video Length: 00:13:02
• Production Date: 11 December 2024
• Asset Language: Arabic; English; French; Russian; Spanish; Chinese; Original
• Corporate Name: SECURITY COUNCIL
• Subject Topical: ARMED CONFLICTS; HAITI SITUATION; HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE; VIOLENCE; PEACEKEEPERS; HUMANITARIAN CRISIS; PERIODIC REPORTS; CONFLICT SITUATION; ARMED GROUPS; CIVIL WAR; HUMANITARIAN EMERGENCIES; LEGITIMACY OF GOVERNMENTS; ORGANIZED CRIME; TRANSNATIONAL CRIME; SANCTIONS; EMBARGO; ARMS EMBARGO; DEATH RATE; STATISTICS
• Geographic Subject: HAITI
• MAMS Id: 3322515
• Parent Id: 3321422

Description

The Security Council today received a briefing on its sanctions regime for Haiti and heard a call for stronger measures from the country’s representative, who reported a surge in homicides and a tripling of kidnappings this year amid arms embargo violations. 

Briefing the Council, Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett (Guyana), Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 2653 (2022) concerning Haiti, reported that the Committee has met on three occasions in informal consultations and has held two briefings to Member States. 

She said that the Panel of Experts assisting the sanctions regime submitted to the Council interim and final reports on 29 March and 30 September respectively, also noting the submission of two confidential periodic updates to the Committee during its mandate. 

Related Sites and Documents

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S/PV.9808

S/RES/2653