The question concerning Haiti - Security Council, 10144th meeting

Elections ‘only credible path’ back to constitutional order in Haiti, mission chief tells Security Council, as Gang Suppression Force speeds deployment.

• Categories: Meetings & Events / Security Council
• Video Length: 02:14:56
• Production Date: 23 April 2026
• Asset Language: Arabic; English; French; Russian; Spanish; Chinese; Original
• Personal Subject: CARLOS RUIZ MASSIEU
• Corporate Name: CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY - CARICOM; UNITED NATIONS INTEGRATED OFFICE IN HAITI - BINUH
• Subject Topical: ELECTIONS; HAITI SITUATION; HUMAN RIGHTS; JUSTICE; PEACE AND SECURITY; VIOLENCE; CIVILIAN PROTECTION; CONSTITUTIONAL ORDER; ARMED GROUPS; JUDICIAL SYSTEM; ARMS EMBARGO
• Geographic Subject: HAITI
• MAMS Id: 3560196
• Parent Id: 3558646
• Alternate Title: MTG SC 10144 HAITI 23 APR 2026 AM

Description

Despite positive political developments in Haiti, international security support is needed to create conditions conducive to holding planned elections, the Security Council heard today, as members debated how that support should operate in a context where minors are caught up in the gangs destabilizing the country.

Following repeated calls for help from Haitian authorities in addressing rampant gang violence, the Council authorized the deployment of a Multinational Security Support mission, led by Kenya, in 2023. The mission was mandated to support the Haitian National Police in countering gangs and protecting critical infrastructure.

Two years later, it decided to transition that mission into the Gang Suppression Force, authorizing participating States participating to conduct — either independently or together with Haitian forces — operations to “neutralize” gangs threatening civilians.

Meanwhile, the Council recently renewed the mandate of the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH), established in 2019 to provide electoral, judicial, human-rights and other support. In doing so, it revised its mandated tasks around six priorities, one of which being to support the organizing and holding of municipal, parliamentary and presidential elections in 2026.

• Briefer: Mr. Carlos Ruiz Massieu, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Haiti and Head of the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti
• Briefer: Mr. Jack Christofides, Special Representative for the Gang Suppression Force
• Statements: All Council members, with Democratic Republic of the Congo speaking on behalf of: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Liberia, Somalia
• Statement: His Excellency Alix Didier Fils-Aimé, Prime Minister, Republic of Haiti
• Statement: Dominican Republic
• Statement: Trinidad and Tobago (on behalf of: Caribbean Community (CARICOM))
• Statement: Kenya
• Statement: His Excellency Michel Xavier Biang, Permanent Observer, Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF)

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