Biden calls for UN approval of mission to help Haiti

Rashaed Esson

Staff Writer 

#USA, September 26, 2023 – United States President Joe Biden, called on the United Nations, during the recent 78th UN General Assembly meeting, to approve the “security support mission” Kenya has pledged to lead to help rebuild democracy in embattled Haiti.

The POTUS expressed, at the meeting on Tuesday September 19th, that Haiti has run out of patience and is in need of a solution to the economic and social deterioration of the nation which has ravaged stability in the country home to around 11 million people.

“The people of Haiti cannot wait much longer,” said Biden.

This comes as the world anxiously waits for an update from the Security Council on the mission Kenya agreed on in July this year, and after they went to Haiti on August 20th, to assess the needs of the country.

In fact, Al Jazeera reports that the Security Council commenced negotiations on the issue earlier this month.

Additionally, this follows previous efforts to help the nation, the most recent being the visit of CARICOM’s Eminent Persons Groups, which went to the island to help bring about general elections, but unfortunately failed due to the regression of stakeholders’ positions in support of their efforts and strident calls for the resignation of the current Prime Minister Ariel Henry.

Biden was speaking on the importance of more global action to help fight climate change as well as support for Ukraine, stressing the role of the United States, and in all of this, he briefly called attention to Haiti, highlighting the urgent need for the security mission approval.