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  1. “In view of the demographic transition that is under way in Haiti, in which young people will have a significant numerical advantage, it is crucial to create new alliances with young Haitians in their quest to build their lives and to prepare them to better shape a new Haiti in the service of its 12 million inhabitants.”

    2022-06-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9066 (2022) · source

  2. “The root causes of human rights abuses, which often originate in a lack of respect for economic, social and cultural rights, must be addressed. In 2012 Haiti ratified the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and we would therefore like to see the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights strengthen the Haitian authorities’ implementation of those rights, including by signing an agreement with the Government to support the realization of economic, social and cultural rights in concert with the United Nations. Finally, I would like to emphasize the need for women to be more integrated into the decision-making arenas. I also want to acknowledge and encourage the commitment and participation of young people.”

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  3. “BINUH has further engaged with Haitian civil society, including youth and women’s organizations, especially during the past year, and has tried to encourage all stakeholders to build a broader consensus capable of facilitating a political and security climate conducive to holding elections. I therefore encourage BINUH to increase its efforts along those lines, including working more closely with young people and civil society. However, BINUH would be even more effective if it had adequate resources to strengthen its good-offices mission and its work of advising and supporting the efforts of the Haitian National Police in combating the violence of armed gangs. That would help the Haitian authorities meet the people’s demands and the country’s urgent security needs, which if not managed could lead Haiti into irreversible chaos.”

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  4. “The situation being what it is, it is up to the current authorities, the political actors and civil society to stand together to face these challenges, which taken together are not insurmountable if we take advantage of the critical mass of Haitians, both in the diaspora and living in the country, who are capable of improving Haiti’s poor prospects. The international community is also called on to contribute. In that regard, I am pleased to note various programmes that have been implemented by technical and financial partners. In particular, I welcome BINUH, which for three years has taken on the difficult mission of supporting Haitian actors in a context of unprecedented institutional crisis and growing political polarization.”

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  5. “It would of course be a good idea to revise the Constitution, including where it concerns the length of terms of office, the balance of powers, the authorization and timing of the discharge of administrative duties, the definition of roles at the local-authority level and the conditions for integrating the Haitian diaspora into the political, economic and social life of the country. With respect to cleaning up public finances, the Government must regain control of the collection agencies and reorganize the economic and financial institutions in agreement with the private sector. It should also set up boards of directors and management bodies for the audit agencies, with the participation of technocrats who reflect the make-up of the various groups, especially the Petrochallengers.”

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  6. “With respect to the elections, which are crucial to the stability and re-establishment of the country’s democratic institutions, the Government must appoint a consensus-based electoral council, mobilize the financial resources necessary for the elections and guarantee political parties financial support to prevent dirty money from influencing election campaigns. At the same time, the political parties should work towards a political panorama that groups them according to their affiliations to avoid fragmenting the electorate and to ensure that the winners have genuine popular legitimacy.”

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  7. “The Government must also take steps to strengthen judicial institutions and infrastructure, whose deficiencies are contributing to the denial of justice, prolonged pretrial detention and the violation of prisoners’ rights. In addition, steps must be taken for the Court of Cassation and the Superior Council of the Judiciary to function better. A fund for socioeconomic support for the residents of disadvantaged neighbourhoods, with an emphasis on women, must be created to prevent the effects of poverty on violence and interrupt the cycle of recruitment and integration of young people into networks of armed groups. Similarly, the public-private international community partnership that is being tested in the education sector, which will enable the reopening of schools in tough neighbourhoods, should be encouraged and pursued.”

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  8. “Impunity continues to prevail to the point that, a few days before the first anniversary of the heinous assassination of President Jovenel Moïse, justice remains silent. There is an urgent need for transnational action to be taken against those involved in Haiti in smuggling, the illegal arms trade and financial crimes. The Haitian National Police, with the support of judges, must establish effective operations to dismantle gangs, although in the view of the public there is much doubt concerning the capacity of the Haitian National Police to deal with them alone without external assistance, given that the police is understaffed and underequipped while armed gangs seem to be well equipped and well organized.”

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  9. “With regard to security and human rights, the Human Rights Analysis and Research Institute, a Haitian organization, reported that the incidence of kidnapping had increased more than 18 per cent in 2021 as compared to 2020. For the month of May 2022, 200 cases were reported. In recent months, human rights abuses, particularly those involving physical abuse, killings and acts of sexual violence, have worsened. Armed gangs, which use young people as both a channel for recruitment and in their operations, occupy almost all the territories in the Port-au-Prince metropolitan area and paralyse land routes between the capital and towns in the provinces, which affects the transport of products, especially agricultural products, thereby aggravating the acute food crisis facing more than 4.5 million Haitians.”

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  10. “However, we must recognize that we must also broaden the current consensus. The resumption of consultations between Prime Minister Ariel Henry and the Montana Group’s monitoring office, as well as the establishment of a tripartite facilitation committee with high-level representatives of the religious sector, the business sector and academia, are also commendable initiatives that correctly aim to identify, through an inter-Haitian dialogue, a Haitian solution to the problems of Haitian men and women. Only an inter-Haitian dialogue can build a broader consensus. I therefore encourage the actors to go beyond statements of good intentions.”

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  11. “I was also able to coordinate the implementation of a methodology known as a “360 degrees methodology”, which allowed us to gather proposals from the major actors of the crisis. Closer to home, on 8 and 9 June I was once again able to hear the views of several dozen Haitian leaders at a multisectoral workshop on governance in Haiti. From what I hear in the public debate and my engagement on the ground, I have come to understand that Haiti must today address the following pressing challenges: the establishment of inclusive and consensus-based governance, ensuring security with a view to promoting the rule of law and reducing violence, the organization of transparent elections and the strengthening of public finances. For inclusive and consensus-based governance, we must welcome the initiatives already taken and those under way.”

    2022-06-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9066 (2022) · source

  12. “First of all, I would like to thank you, Madam President, for inviting me to brief the Security Council on the situation in Haiti. I understand that this meeting is being held following the assessment of the mandate of the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) by an independent expert. I come from a country ravaged by a multidimensional crisis in the hope of providing an authentic Haitian perspective. In my daily work at my organization, Volunteers for the Development of Haiti, a civil society organization, I am continually confronted with the harsh reality of Haiti. In 2020 and 2021, for example, I coordinated with colleagues no less than 10 regional workshops and a national civil society forum on proposals to end the crisis.”

    2022-06-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9066 (2022) · source