Thank you President. I thank SRSG Salvador and Executive Director
Russell for their briefings. I welcome the participation of the
Permanent Representatives of Haiti and Kenya as well as Foreign
Minister Álvarez Hill from the Dominican Republic in our meeting
today.
And I would also like to thank Ms. Auguste Ducéna for joining us
today. As you and the other briefers made clear, the crisis in
Haiti continues to bring unimaginable daily suffering and misery
to the Haitian people. This Council remains shocked and appalled
by the barbarity and human rights abuses committed by gangs.
The UK welcomes the unanimous mandate renewal of the
Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission to Haiti and pays
tribute to Kenya's leadership. We welcome the deployment of
personnel from Kenya, Jamaica and Belize to the MSS as well as
the pledged contributions from other nations. The MSS remains
vital to supporting Haitian efforts to resolve instability and we
commend the initial progress it has made alongside the Haitian
National Police. It is important to ensure international security
efforts are sustainable and support the Haitian government in
addressing the root causes of the crisis.
We are also grateful to BINUH for their work to establish
coordination between Haitian stakeholders, the MSS, and the
international community. The UK has pledged over $6 million to
support the deployment of the MSS through strengthening the
mission's human rights compliance framework. We expect the first
tranche of funding to be released imminently.
The Transitional Presidential Council must work together for the
benefit of the Haitian people. We urge Haitian political and
civil society, with the active participation of women and youth,
to seize this opportunity to create the conditions necessary for
lasting change.
President, in a welcome step this Council decided to expand the
UN Haiti sanctions designation list and for the first time
targeted an individual responsible for financing destabilising
gang activity.
In conclusion, we call on all political actors to work together
to address Haiti's serious challenges and to refrain from acting
based on personal or partisan interests. There is a chance to
bring the peace and security that the Haitian people need and
deserve.
