The Security Council will not meet on Haiti this Friday in New York. But the fifteen countries will receive the report of the committee of experts, where the experts, but also the members of the sanctions committee and neighboring countries present the challenges posed in Port-au-Prince. According to information from RFI, a new list of people placed under sanctions will be suggested. And above all, the report will recommend that the Council invest in the prospect of a multinational police force.
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With our correspondent in New York, Carrie Nooten
After a year of procrastination, cautious optimism has finally prevailed at the UN regarding the future multinational police force, which should support Haitian police officers in their fight against gangs, at the request of Port-au-Prince and the secretary general. A resolution for the creation of this force, which will be approved but not managed by the UN, is currently being negotiated between the members of the Council.
Kenya, which finally offered to coordinatesent 30 people there for an assessment mission in August, and would agree to detach a thousand of its elite police officers.
Building strength
The country has also made a list of equipment needs for optimal deployment. We would now have to bring together funding on the one hand, and more men on the other, at least 1,000 more. This is what Haiti, the United States and Canada will be working on next week during the high-level week of the General Assembly. Ecuador could also confirm sending its police officers.
At the same time, the negotiation of the resolution which would create this force continues. China, which still resents Port-au-Prince for having recognized Taiwan, is blowing hot and cold. But UN experts remain optimistic despite all this and believe that the text could be put to a vote quickly, before the end of September.
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