.@SecBlinken spoke with @UN Secretary-General Guterres about the possibility of transforming the Haiti Multinational Security Support mission into a UN peacekeeping mission. They discussed the need for sustainable security support for the Haitian people.
— Matthew Miller (@StateDeptSpox) September 19, 2024
That potential change received the backing of Kenyan President William Ruto, who visited Haiti at the weekend to assess the progress of the Kenya-led mission.
“On the suggestion to transit this into a fully UN peacekeeping mission, we have absolutely no problem with it, if that is the direction the UN Security Council wants to take,” Ruto said on Saturday in Port-au-Prince.
But many Haitians remain wary of UN interventions, saying past deployments have brought more harm than good.
A deadly 2010 cholera outbreak was linked to a UN peacekeeping base, for example, and UN forces in Haiti were also accused of rape and sexual abuse.
Haitian civil society leaders have cautiously welcomed the multinational mission as a needed boost in the fight against the gangs. But they have also stressed that the problems facing the country will not be solved by force alone.
They have called for more support and training for Haiti’s national police force, as well as an end to corruption and a Haitian-led political process.
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