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STORY: UN / HAITI UPDATE
TRT: 01:34
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 29 FEBRUARY 2024, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE - NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations Headquarters
29 FEBRUARY 2024, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric at the podium
3. Wide shot, journalists
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“I can confirm to you that yesterday, February 28, we received Benin’s official confirmation of their intent to support the mission with personnel. We have now received notifications from the following Governments of their commitments to provide security forces to the Support mission: these countries are the Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Benin, and Chad. And just to reconfirm that these notifications are sent to us as requested by the Security Council resolution 2699, which invites contributing Member States to inform in writing the leadership of the Multinational Security Support mission, the Security Council, and the Secretary-General of their intent to participate in the mission. And also, a lot of you have been asking about the Trust Fund that we have been requested to set up and that we have. To date, contributions totalling $10.8 million have been deposited into the Trust Fund.
We are also encouraged by the pledges of some US $78 million in recent days that will go directly to the Multinational Security Support Trust Fund, and we encourage Member States to continue contributing to ensure the successful deployment of the mission.”
5. Wide shot, Dujarric walks away
Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric today (29 Feb) announced Benin’s official confirmation of their intent to support the Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission in Haiti with personnel.
So far, notifications have been received from the governments of Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Benin, and Chad of their commitments to provide security forces to the Support mission.
Dujarric said, “these notifications are sent to us as requested by the Security Council resolution 2699, which invites contributing Member States to inform in writing the leadership of the Multinational Security Support mission, the Security Council, and the Secretary-General of their intent to participate in the mission.”
The spokesperson also announced that to date, “contributions totalling $10.8 million have been deposited into the Multinational Security Support Trust Fund.”
He said, pledges of some US $78 million have been received in recent days that will go directly to the Trust Fund.
