Security Council
The question concerning Haiti - Security Council, 9844th meeting
Security Council Debates Haiti’s Request to Transform Kenyan-Led Security Mission into UN Peacekeeping Operation, as Gang Violence, Organized Crime Grip Country
Despite several positive political developments in Haiti, a worsening security situation — compounded by organized crime — has resulted in death, displacement and crisis in the country, senior United Nations officials told the Security Council, urging international support to make progress on these intertwined fronts.
Meanwhile, delegates discussed the country's request for a UN peacekeeping operation to replace the newly deployed Kenyan-led security mission.
Briefer: Ms. María Isabel Salvador, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Haiti and Head of the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (via video-teleconference)
Briefer: Ms. Ghada Fathi Waly, Executive Director, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (via video-teleconference)
Statements: All Council members, with Guyana speaking on behalf of: Algeria, Guyana, Sierra Leone, Somalia
Further statement: United States of America
Statement: His Excellency Jean-Victor Harvel Jean Baptiste, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Worship, Haiti
Statement: His Excellency Roberto Álvarez Gil, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Dominican Republic
Statement: His Excellency Luis Gilberto Murillo, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Colombia
Statement: Canada (on behalf of: Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Haiti)
Statement: Suriname (on behalf of: CARICOM)
Statement: Kenya