The Dominican Republic reiterated this Thursday its position regarding the crisis in Haiti in an international forum, this time in a session of the Security Council of the United Nations (UN).
“Immediate pacification is the only way to confront violence and chaos. Because the threat of a greater bloodbath hangs, caused by an eventual intensification of confrontations between criminal gangs and possible settlements of people, attacking properties to get food,” said José A. Blanco, Permanent Representative of the Dominican Republic to the UN.
Blanco made this statement after underlining the poor results after thirteen years (2004-2017) of action by the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (Minustah), and the need to confront the situation of violence generated by gangs is urgent, as well as providing aid in the face of the food crisis, with 5.3 million Haitians suffering from chronic hunger, "a figure that has doubled in the last four years."
“These high levels of acute food insecurity are mainly due to economic decline, political instability, low production, precarious resilience to frequent natural disasters, and insecurity caused by gangs that currently largely control the country's critical infrastructure. ”.
The Dominican representative to the UN also considered that the efforts for the stabilization of Haiti should be focused from pacification and political dialogue, "in order to establish lasting agreements that manage to consolidate a sustainable peace."
“The United Nations has a duty to act urgently, for peace and stability in Haiti and the region, with a robust plan and immediate support for the Haitian National Police, expanding the mandate of the BINUH mission (acronym in French for the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti), in order to mitigate the uncertainties in which Haitians live and that are so worrying to their neighbors, who are being affected by this profound instability, including several Member States of this Security Council” .
Emphasizing the position already expressed by Dominican President Luis Abinader, he indicated that "for our country, this situation represents a national security issue, precisely because of the pressure that is received on our border in the face of this difficult reality."
“The Haitian people claim to live in peace. It deserves to have the hope of a better future and this Security Council has the mechanisms to lead a joint effort between the international community, the Haitian Government and people, to draw a roadmap towards peace and sustainable development”, he pointed out. - google translate
Representante permanente ante la ONU habló en sesión Consejo de Seguridad sobre Haití
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