Canada continues to be the country poised to lead a elite team response against armed gangs in Haiti and help the national police improve the country’s security, according to the Dominican-born American congressman Adrien Espaillat.
The member of Congress specified that Canada had sent a representation to Haiti to assess the possibility of Ottawa leading a elite team fight back against armed gangs.
“The political and humanitarian crisis in Haiti requires an immediate and effective response from the international community through the United Nations,” Espaillat said in an opinion piece published in the media. The new daily.
The member of the House of Representatives spoke about the United States Congressional delegation that visited the UN on December 8 and 9 to investigate the crisis in Haiti and assess the measures taken.
Among the members of the Congress delegation were Sheila Cherfilus McCormickof Haitian descent and Democratic representative from Florida, who is also a member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the United States House of Representatives.
According to Cherfilus-McCormick, it is a early January 2023 that a force arrives in Haiti intervention support the National Police in the fight and disarmament of armed gangs. The MP said the gangs cannot provide food or medicine to the Haitian people.
The member of the United States House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee spoke in an interview with VOA Creoleservice Voice of America which offers news on Haiti and the United States, mainly.
This is not the first time that the name of Canada has emerged as the country leading this foreign force, at the request of the Prime Minister of Haiti, ariel henry. However, the North American country said there must be a clear plan for Haiti and that it will not lead the force unless there is consensus among political actors.
Haiti is facing a series of political, social, economic and security crises due to armed gangs that have taken control of the capital Port-au-Prince. Added to this is a cholera epidemic which has caused the death of 304 people as of December 14, according to data from the Ministry of Public Health and Population.
We also knew that the Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is strengthening the staff of the Canadian Embassy in Haiti to work more closely with security officials, while continuing to press the country’s political leaders to reach an agreement. consensus to help manage the crisis.
The news came after Canada’s ambassador to the UN, Bob Raewill brief ministers and bureaucrats on his visit to Port-au-Prince last week and his meetings with political leaders.
Canada has also issued economic sanctions against Haitian political and business leaders. Among those sanctioned are the former president Michael Martelly, former prime ministers Laurent Lamothe and Jean Henry Ceant, Haiti’s richest man and only billionaire Gilbert Bigio, and businessmen Sherif Abdallah and Reynold Deeb, accused by Canada of arming gangs to achieve political and commercial objectives.
Amid the sanctions, the Haitian private sector has come together to call for an agreement to end the serious crisis in the country.
Mauricio Ramírez, United Nations Resident Coordinator in the Dominican Republic, said Thursday that it cannot be concluded that the Haitian crisis is not being addressed by the international community or the UN itself. Ramírez Villegas assured that specific actions are being carried out, such as sanctions against politicians and businessmen to prevent the resources that feed them from continuing to reach armed gangs. “You cannot simply conclude that the Haitian crisis is not being addressed by the international community or by the United Nations. It’s a complex situation, but a lot of things are being done,” he said. The representative said he should focus on more effective actions to resolve the issue, such as “We are doing everything we can,” he added, questioned during the launch of the Foreign Ministry’s guide to green embassies. However, Mauricio Ramírez Villegas stressed that the actions of the UN depend on the decisions taken by the member states of the Security Council, where the sending of a foreign mission to Haiti is under debate, at the request of the Prime Minister, Ariel Henry.The request is also supported by the Secretary General of the United Nations, António Guterres , who pleaded for a multinational force of rapid action, outside the international organization and which supports the Police, in particular in the metropolitan area of Port-au-Prince. Mauricio Ramírez Villegas underlined that the President of the Dominican Republic, Luis Abin ader, “has been very consistent” in drawing international attention to Haiti.
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