Antonio Guterres rejects the idea of ​​blue helmets in Haiti

Antonio Guterres, the UN Secretary-General, has rejected the idea of ​​converting the Security Support Mission in Haiti into a Peacekeeping Mission (blue helmets) saying that it would not be the "best solution" for a country struggling with armed gangs and a serious humanitarian crisis. He described the situation in Haiti as scandalous because of the difficulty in mobilizing the necessary funds for the Multinational Security Support Mission.

Council of Ministers postponed

The Council of Ministers that was to be held on Wednesday, September 11, 2024, has been postponed to Friday, September 13, a source close to the Government informs. The appointment of members of the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP), the establishment of the truth commission, a fourteenth month of salary for civil servants for the start of the school year are, among other items on the agenda of this Council of Ministers.

2 men kidnapped by pirates in the harbor of PAP

On Tuesday, September 10, in the harbor of Port-au-Prince, armed pirates aboard a motorboat boarded a container ship belonging to the international company Crowley and kidnapped two Filipino crew members on board before leaving with their hostages…

September 11 attack

"Today, we commemorate and pay tribute to those who lost their lives on September 11, 2001. We will never forget them. And we will never forget that when an enemy tried to divide us, our country united. We have remained unite," declared the United States Embassy in Haiti. Let us recall that 23 years ago to the day, at 8:46 and 9:03, two airliners hijacked by members of Al-Qaeda hit the twin towers of the World Trade Center causing 2,977 deaths including 2 Haitians.

Duckens Nazon unsatisfied

The striker Duckens Nazon author of a hat-trick against Sint Maarten, beaten [6-0] https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-43173-haiti-flash-league-of-nations-haiti-crushes-sint-maarten-[6-0]-video.html , always very demanding of himself, is not fully satisfied with his performance, believing that he could have done even better. Nevertheless, he is delighted with the team's victory, which won both games of this gathering and took the lead in the group. "This is perfectly in line with the objectives set : to move up to League A and qualify for the Gold Cup," Nazon said.

Haiti at the Yale Peace Fellows Program

On a visit to the United States, Transitional Presidential Advisor Laurent Saint-Cyr is currently hosted by the prestigious Yale University to participate in the launch of the Yale Peace Fellows Program, a program of excellence dedicated to resolving international conflicts. This program will specifically address the issue of insecurity in Haiti, thus aiming to address the fundamental causes of this deep malaise and to propose concrete and lasting solutions.

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