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STORY: UN / HAITI UPDATE
TRT: 02:09
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 07 JANUARY 2025, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE – NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior UN headquarters
07 JANUARY 2025, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric at the dais
3. Wide shot, reporters
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“At least 5,601 people were killed in Haiti last year as a result of violence by armed gangs. This is an increase of over 1,000 men, women and children, compared to the total number of people killed in 2023.”5. Med shot, reporters
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Over 2,200 people were injured and more than 1,494 were kidnapped by armed gangs in Haiti. The Human Rights office documented 315 lynchings of gang members and people allegedly associated with gangs. They also report 281 cases of alleged summary executions involving specialized police units. In a statement, Volker Türk, our High Commissioner for Human Rights, said these figures show the unremitting violence to which Haitians are being subjected, adding that impunity for human rights violations and abuses, as well as corruption, remain prevalent in Haiti and are some of the main drivers of the crisis the country faces, along with entrenched economic and social inequalities. Restoring the rule of law must be a priority, Mr. Türk said, reiterating our call to ensure that the Multinational Security Support mission has the logistical and financial support it needs to implement its mandate fully. The High Commissioner also called on the Haitian National Police, with the support of the international community, to strengthen its oversight mechanism to hold accountable police officers reportedly involved in human rights violations.”
7. Wide shot, press room, reporters raise hands
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“It is a multinational support force that operates under a mandate of the Security Council., it is, not under the command, operational or otherwise, of the UN. Obviously, we would expect its forces to, respect international law, human rights law.”
9. Wide shot, end of presser
United Nations spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric today (7 Jan) told reporters in New York that “at least 5,601 people were killed in Haiti last year as a result of violence by armed gangs,” an increase of over 1,000 people killed compared to 2023.
According to a report from the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the human rights situation in the country, Dujarric said, “over 2,200 people were injured and more than 1,494 were kidnapped by armed gangs in Haiti.”
The Human Rights office, he said, “documented 315 lynchings of gang members and people allegedly associated with gangs,” and they also report “281 cases of alleged summary executions involving specialized police units.”
The High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, “these figures show the unremitting violence to which Haitians are being subjected, adding that impunity for human rights violations and abuses, as well as corruption, remain prevalent in Haiti and are some of the main drivers of the crisis the country faces, along with entrenched economic and social inequalities,” the spokesperson said.
Türk, Dujarric said, reiterated his Office’s call “to ensure that the Multinational Security Support mission has the logistical and financial support it needs to implement its mandate fully.”
Responding to a reporter’s question, Dujarric stressed that the Multinational Security Support “operates under a mandate of the Security Council,” but “is not under the command, operational or otherwise, of the UN.”
