The establishment of a multinational security support mission for Haiti is being discussed this week by the UN Security Council as the Caribbean nation continues to face a crisis of violence and insecurity caused by entrenched criminal gang activity
"In the name of the women and girls raped every day, the thousands of families driven from their homes, the children and young people of Haiti, who have been denied the right to education and instruction, in the name of all a people who are victims of the barbarity of gangs, I urge the international community to act quickly."Why is an international security mission necessary?
Haiti is wracked by violence that has escalated to unprecedented levels. Between 1 January and 9 September this year, 3,000 homicides were reported; there were also over 1,500 victims of kidnapping for ransom. The UN says that some 200,000 people have been forced to flee their homes because it's just too dangerous to remain.
Sexual violence and abuse against women and girls is on the rise, and tens of thousands of children are unable to attend school due to insecurity. Haiti's military is small and only modestly equipped. The Haitian National Police is unable to fully contain the outbreak of violence and needs international support so that Haitians can return to a situation where they can go about their daily lives without the fear of being murdered, displaced, kidnapped, or raped.Just about everyone agrees that assistance from the international community is needed to support the HNP in its efforts to stabilize the situation.
The issue was once again high on the agenda of the general debate of the UN General Assembly's 78th session, which concluded on Tuesday.
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