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Haiti - Politic : President Moïse met a high-level delegation of the UN
17/01/2019 13:57:31

Haiti - Politic : President Moïse met a high-level delegation of the UN
On Wednesday, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, at the head of a delegation composed of Miroslav Jenča, Under-Secretary-General for Europe, Central Asia and the Americas, and the Assistant Secretaries-General of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and UN Women, and United Nations system-wide officials including OCHA, arrived in Haiti to carry out a strategic mission to assess the various options for Following the UN's engagement in Haiti following the planned withdrawal of the United Nations Mission in Support of Justice (Minujusth), whose mandate ends on October 15, 2019.

The high-level UN delegation met the same day at the National Palace President Jovenel Moïse "We came to discuss with you, Mr. President, the continuation of the UN's engagement in Haiti, as well as your priorities, your development projects and determine, together, how the United Nations can accompany Haiti in its quest for development," said Mr. Lacroix in his introductory remarks.

During this meeting, the President Moïse stressed the end of the logic of keeping the peace under the aegis of chapter 7, which will consolidate the achievements of stabilization "There will be no more chapter 7, no more armed foreign forces on the Haitian territory. This will be in the past," said the Head of State.

Moïse also reported on the ongoing economic, political and social dialogue, as well as the Government's continued implementation of the development prerequisites of energy, road, educational and health the obligation to make major structural reforms to enable the state to provide more basic services and attract domestic and foreign direct investment.

The Head of State did not fail to remind his interlocutors of the need for a firm and formal commitment of the UN for the elimination of cholera in Haiti.

During its mission (from 16 to 20 January), the delegation will meet with national authorities and institutions, representatives of civil society, as well as members of the UN family in the country and Minujusth staff.

This mission will provide the Secretary-General with an assessment of the situation on the ground and recommendations on the way forward, from which the Security Council will determine, by 15 April, the most appropriate configuration of the United Nations presence. After the closure of Minujusth.

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