Three months after the arrival of 400 troops and police from Kenya arrived in Haiti, small contingents from Belize and Jamaica have arrived to assist in the United Nations-cleared multinational effort to bring order and security to that nation. Some 20 soldiers and 4 police from Jamaica, and two, yes, just two, soldiers arrived from Belize to take part in the UN Multinational Security Mission in Haiti.
The arrival of these troops and police comes six months after Jamaica offered to assist in the program to bring peace to Haiti. The promise is that the UN force will reach 2,500 in number. The deployment of the UN team is expected to include units from the Bahamas, Barbados, Bangladesh, Chad, Benin, and Belize by the end of the month.
According to most reports, the results from the presence of the several hundred troops from Kenya are scarce, according to newspaper reports, since the notorious gangs are still in control of most areas.
Just last week, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said that he would seek further United Nations’ support at the upcoming General Assembly which will be held this month.
Blinken made the remark when in Santo Domingo after meeting with President Luis Abinader at the Presidential Palace. Blinken did not make a statement from Haiti after meetings with the presidential transition council in that country. He did not overnight in Haiti, either.
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El Caribe
16 September 2024