The United States and Canada showed no interest Tuesday in deploying security personnel despite renewed appeals from the United Nations and Haiti for help to end worsening violence in the Western hemisphere's poorest nation.
The United States and Canada -- the two countries most often mentioned as possible leaders of an international armed force to help Haiti combat gangs -- showed no interest Tuesday in deploying security personnel despite renewed appeals from the United Nations and Haiti for help to end worsening violence in the Western hemisphere's poorest nation.
Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry and the country's Council of Ministers sent an urgent appeal Oct. 7 calling for "the immediate deployment of a specialized armed force, in sufficient quantity" to stop the crisis caused partly by the "criminal actions of armed gangs." Murders and kidnappings increased for a fourth straight year in 2022, she said, pointing to 1,359 kidnappings, more than double the number in 2021 and averaging roughly four per day, and murders up a third to 2,183, touching all segments of society including a former presidential candidate and the director of the National Police Academy.
The UN envoy pointed to two key developments -- the Security Council's unanimous adoption in October of a resolution imposing sanctions on individuals and groups threatening peace and stability in the country starting with a powerful gang leader, and the Dec. 21 signing by a broad range of political, civilian, religious, trade union and private sector officials of a "National Consensus Agreement for an Inclusive Transition and Transparent Elections.
But La Lime said the deployment of an international specialized force is an essential third element needed to reinforce the police, sanctions and the transition. "Without security, we cannot have fair, transparent and democratic elections nor can we restore the normal functioning of institutions in the country," he warned.
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