Biden calls for sending an international force to Haiti as quickly as possible Joe Biden on Tuesday asked the United Nations Security Council to “authorize now” the sending of an international force to Haiti to help police in the fight against gangs.
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“The people of Haiti cannot wait any longer,” the US president said from the podium of the UN General Assembly.
The violence of the gangs that control most of the capital of this poor Caribbean country and reign in terror has left more than 2,400 dead since the beginning of the year, according to the UN.
For almost a year, Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres have been calling for an international force to be sent to help police overwhelmed by this violence.
But within an international community burned by past experiences and the risks of being stuck in a deadly quagmire for months, no country volunteered to take the lead on this police force.
At the end of July, Kenya finally announced that it was prepared to carry out this mission and deploy 1,000 police officers.
The mission, whose general lines are still unclear, but for which other countries are expected to contribute, is now awaiting the green light from the UN Security Council for its creation, although it will not be carried out under the UN flag. .
Negotiations on the mandate began in early September between Council members, but are difficult, according to diplomatic sources.
In recent months, several countries have been skeptical about the wisdom of a force, particularly China, which has the right to veto and has insisted on the need to curb the growing arms trade, from Florida to Haiti.
