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STORY: UN / HAITI
TRT: 02:55
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / FRENCH / NATS
DATELINE: 20 NOVEMBER 2024, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE - NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior, UN Headquarters
20 NOVEMBER 2024, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Security Council
3. Med shot, Haiti representative
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Miroslav Jenča, Assistant Secretary-General for Europe, Central Asia and the Americas, Departments for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations, United Nations:
“Having encircled the capital and all access roads, armed gangs have made territorial advances in strategic areas and according to some estimates now control 85 percent of the capital.”
5. Med shot, Centres Gheskio Director Dr. Jean William Pape
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Miroslav Jenča, Assistant Secretary-General for Europe, Central Asia and the Americas, Departments for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations, United Nations:
“Desperate Haitians are increasingly turning to vigilante groups, establishing roadblocks, taking justice into their own hands. This is not just another wave of insecurity; it is a dramatic escalation that shows no signs of abating.”
7. Wide shot, Council
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Miroslav Jenča, Assistant Secretary-General for Europe, Central Asia and the Americas, Departments for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations, United Nations:
“Robust international security support is required now. There are no ideal options for addressing the severe and multifaceted crisis in Haiti. But as time passes and the situation deteriorates, we are left with less options and the Haitian people are left with less hope. It is high time we turn commitments into action to prevent any further erosion of security and state authority in Haiti.”
9. Wide shot, Council
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Monica Juma, National Security Advisor to the President, Kenya:
“A peacekeeping operation will avail greater resources to the mission in a predictable and sustainable manner. It will also provide a broader platform for collaboration and participation of more partners. We must emphasise, however, that the transition from emesis to a PKO must be carefully executed to avoid any gaps that could undermine the security situation on the ground. As we consider this possibility, which could take some time, we must not lose sight of the urgency of the current situation.”
11. Wide shot, delgates
12. SOUNDBITE (French) Antonio Rodrigue, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Haiti:
“This new peacekeeping operation in the country will function by learning the lessons of the past and will not repeat the same mistakes as MINUSTAH. We kindly invite the Security Council to take this decision to meet the challenges of the moment within its responsibilities in the area of the maintenance of international peace and security, thereby showing the Haitian people, that the international community remains loyal to its principles of international peace and security. Together we can change the course of this crisis, and we can see Haiti rise again. This is the desire for government and the people of Haiti.”
13. Wide shot, Council
Amid discussions on the formation of a new peacekeeping mission in Haiti, a top United Nations official today (20 Nov) told the Security Council that “robust international security support is required now,” and added that “there are no ideal options for addressing the severe and multifaceted crisis in Haiti.”
As armed gangs are reported to be gaining ground in the capital, Port-au-Prince, Assistant Secretary-General Miroslav Jenča said, “having encircled the capital and all access roads, armed gangs have made territorial advances in strategic areas and according to some estimates now control 85 percent of the capital.”
Jenča said, “desperate Haitians are increasingly turning to vigilante groups, establishing roadblocks, taking justice into their own hands. This is not just another wave of insecurity; it is a dramatic escalation that shows no signs of abating.”
“As time passes and the situation deteriorates,” he told the Council, “We are left with less options and the Haitian people are left with less hope,” and stressed that it was “high time we turn commitments into action to prevent any further erosion of security and state authority in Haiti.”
Briefing via video teleconference, Kenya’s National Security Advisor to the President, Monica Juma, said, “a peacekeeping operation will avail greater resources to the mission in a predictable and sustainable manner. It will also provide a broader platform for collaboration and participation of more partners.”
Juma emphasised that “the transition from the MSS to a PKO must be carefully executed to avoid any gaps that could undermine the security situation on the ground.”
She said, “as we consider this possibility, which could take some time, we must not lose sight of the urgency of the current situation.”
Kenya currently leads the Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission, tasked with supporting efforts by the Haitian National Police.
Haiti’s Ambassador Antonio Rodrigue told the Council that “this new peacekeeping operation in the country will function by learning the lessons of the past and will not repeat the same mistakes as MINUSTAH.”
Rodrigue invited the Council “to take this decision to meet the challenges of the moment within its responsibilities in the area of the maintenance of international peace and security, thereby showing the Haitian people, that the international community remains loyal to its principles of international peace and security.”
A resolution passed by the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States on 13 November urged the Security Council to urgently support Haiti’s request to transition the MSS mission into a UN peacekeeping operation.
