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Haiti - FLASH : UN warns of risk of gangs taking over all of Port-au-Prince (Report)
23/01/2025 08:41:18

Haiti - FLASH : UN warns of risk of gangs taking over all of Port-au-Prince (Report)
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has urged the international community to provide urgent additional financial support to the Mission to prevent gangs from taking over the entire metropolitan area of ​​Port-au-Prince...

In his latest report on the situation in Haiti, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has once again urged the international community to provide urgent additional financial support to the Mission to prevent gangs from taking over the entire metropolitan area of ​​Port-au-Prince, which would cause the complete collapse of the authority of the Haitian State...

Excerpt from the Secretary-General’s report :

"[...] Six months since the arrival of the first contingent, the Multinational Security Support Mission is still not deployed to full strength. It is therefore limited in its operational capability to support the national police. The Mission must be immediately strengthened with personnel and equipment, and sustainable levels of financing, to be able to fully deliver on its mandate.

"[...] I reiterate my call for the international community to urgently provide additional financial support to sustain the Mission and ensure the achievement of its objectives.

"[...] Time is of the essence. Any further delays or operational gaps in providing international security support to the national police, whether through the Multinational Security Support Mission or bilateral assistance, carry the risk of a catastrophic collapse of national security institutions. This could allow the gangs to overrun the entire metropolitan area, resulting in a complete breakdown of State authority and rendering international operations, including those to support communities in need, in the country untenable. We must urgently do everything in our power to prevent such an outcome. […] »

Download the full report of Secretary-General António Guterres (PDF in Englisg 19 pages) : https://www.haitilibre.com/docs/UN-SG-Report-on-Haiti-13-January-2025.pdf

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