The Security Council is studying a rapid-action force
Haiti’s terrifying descent into violence and chaos led the government to an unthinkable request five years ago when it withdrew the UN peacekeepers that caused cholera. Now he is arguing not only for the return of the UN, but also for military intervention to restore order. In a country where 60% of the capital is in the hands of armed gangs holding the executive in check and the energy facilities as hostage, all that remains is the intervention of the most powerful countries.
“We want our neighbors like the United States and Canada to take the lead and act quickly,” Haiti’s ambassador to the United States, Bocchit Edmon, said last week. His wishes came true this Monday, as the United States supported a military intervention in the UN Security Council beyond the rapid-action force proposed by UN Secretary-General António Guterres to stem the outbreak of anger and hunger. stop.
There is an urgent need to return control of the country to a government with which the international community can work together. There is an urgent need to end the brutal massacre of the violent gangs who, according to UN High Representative Helen La Lime in Haiti, have raised human rights violations and abuses against children and the elderly to “alarming” levels. Girls and boys from the age of 10 and older women over 70 are the victims of these gangs, which started in the slums of Cite Soleil and now control all the slums of Port-au-Prince. What eludes them is swept away by cholera, which has spread like wildfire in just over 2 weeks since the first case was first reported.
There is an urgent need to stop it quickly, but also to restore a minimum of security that will allow doctors and humanitarian organizations to work. All this was discussed behind closed doors by the UN’s highest body, whose ambassadors know there is no time to lose. Since September 16, the government of Ariel Henry has announced that it will withdraw fuel subsidies, and there are daily violent demonstrations. The street gangs have taken advantage of this inconvenience to grow strong and block the fuel supply in a kidnapping for whose ransom they even demand ministerial seats in government.
The situation could not have been more critical or urgent. “The dramatic deterioration in security conditions has paralyzed the country,” the secretary-general’s report to the UN’s highest body last week warned. “Criminal gangs have taken control of vital strategic installations, including the international port of Port-au-Prince and the Vaerrux fuel terminal, the most important in the country.” With the virtual paralysis of critical services, such as water distribution, sanitation, garbage collection, electricity and health centers, cholera could not find a more favorable environment. More than half of the detected cases were fatal and concentrated in children. “Without freedom of movement or fuel, Haiti will not be able to get out of this crisis,” La Lime said.
Source: La Verdad
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