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STORY: UN / HAITI AMBASSADOR RAE INTERVIEW
TRT: 04:06
SOURCE: UN NEWS
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: FRENCH / ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 09 SEPTEMBER 2024, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
Shotlist:
FILE - NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, UN Headquarters
09 SEPTEMBER 2024, NEW YORK CITY
2. SOUNDBITE (French) Bob Rae, Permanent Representative to the UN, Canada / President, Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC):
“We made a lot of efforts over the past 2 years to find a solution to the political blockage that was in the system, and the situation is starting to improve. However, the security situation is still very concerning. The majority of Port-au-Prince, a city of 4 million people, is still controlled by gangs."
FILE - NEW YORK CITY
3. Close up, UN flag
09 SEPTEMBER 2024, NEW YORK CITY
4. SOUNDBITE (French) Bob Rae, Permanent Representative to the UN, Canada / President, Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC):
“But we hope that the direction we see, along with the security efforts, the forces coming from Kenya, and other aspects of the work we’re doing, will help improve the situation. But honestly, the most important point is that we cannot take it for granted.”
FILE - NEW YORK CITY
5. Close up, UN flag
09 SEPTEMBER 2024, NEW YORK CITY
6. SOUNDBITE (French) Bob Rae, Permanent Representative to the UN, Canada / President, Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC):
“And the goal, of course, is to create a government, to have elections, and to establish a government in Haiti that can take on all the necessary responsibilities.”
FILE - NEW YORK CITY
7. Close up, UN flag
09 SEPTEMBER 2024, NEW YORK CITY
8. SOUNDBITE (French) Bob Rae, Permanent Representative to the UN, Canada / President, Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC):
"The colonel in charge of the mission told me frankly that he needs representatives from other countries. He needs a larger force, and it is clear that this is the case.”
FILE - NEW YORK CITY
9. Close up, UN flag
09 SEPTEMBER 2024, NEW YORK CITY
10. SOUNDBITE (French) Bob Rae, Permanent Representative to the UN, Canada / President, Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC):
"They can succeed, but only if they have the necessary tools, equipment, and support from all the other countries in the region and others who can assist them. Things are improving, but not enough to say that we’re heading to a turning point. While the situation is better, it’s still not sufficiently improved, and that’s the problem that needs to be addressed."
FILE - NEW YORK CITY
11. Close up, UN flag
09 SEPTEMBER 2024, NEW YORK CITY
12. SOUNDBITE (French) Bob Rae, Permanent Representative to the UN, Canada / President, Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC):
"The problem we have, as you mentioned, is that it is not a UN Mission. Therefore, all the infrastructure and logistics that the UN has built over the past 75 years are not there."
FILE - NEW YORK CITY
13. Close up, UN flag
09 SEPTEMBER 2024, NEW YORK CITY
14. SOUNDBITE (French) Bob Rae, Permanent Representative to the UN, Canada / President, Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC):
"And frankly, it doesn’t work as well as a UN mission. It must be said that if there had been a UN mission, it would have been much easier. But as you know, the Security Council was unable to reach an agreement on the need for such a mission."
FILE - NEW YORK CITY
15. Close up, UN flag
09 SEPTEMBER 2024, NEW YORK CITY
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Bob Rae, Permanent Representative to the UN, Canada / President, Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC):
“There have been some delays in supplying equipment, there been some delays of getting money into the trust fund. Those are now being resolved, and so that's positive, but it's still, it's taking too long, and we need to catch up and we don't have a big, huge window of opportunity. We have a bit of time in which we can get all this stuff done before a potential election.”
FILE - NEW YORK CITY
17. Close up, UN flag
09 SEPTEMBER 2024, NEW YORK CITY
18. SOUNDBITE (English) Bob Rae, Permanent Representative to the UN, Canada / President, Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC):
“From a humanitarian point of view, Haiti is still really, really struggling. I mean, it was good to see people out in the street, in a positive way: Going to the market, doing things, selling things, talking to each other. In limited parts of the city, this is possible now, but it is impossible to say that we have turned any quarter: We haven't turned a corner yet, but we're making some progress.”
FILE - NEW YORK CITY
19. Close up, UN flag
More work needs to be done to bolster support for Haiti’s police force as gang violence continues to rock Haiti, said Bob Rae, Canada’s Ambassador to the UN and the newly elected president of the UN’s Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), who just returned from visiting Port-au-Prince.
“Haiti is still really, really struggling,” said in an interview with UN News, highlighting meetings held with the Prime Minister, Transitional Council, authorities, aid organizations and Haitians themselves, who said security is their key priority.
He said the multinational security support mission operating in Haiti since June is making gains, including shifting the area of operation of some of the gang activity in the capital Port-au-Prince away from two key hospitals and the main port, but more progress is needed as it was impossible to say the country “had turned a corner.”
