The disaster in Haiti must not be allowed to continue another day

President Louis Ebineder This was expressed earlier on Tuesday United Nations Security Council (UN) that the international community must not allow the devastation the Haitian people are experiencing to continue another day.

In his speech, while enumerating the various resolutions, he expressed that this Council had approved various measures to intervene. state emergencyBut they did not act urgently or forcefully.

“The international community “The disaster the Haitian people are experiencing must not be allowed to continue another day,” he stressed in his speech.

The President also said that “the Security Council has approved a multinational mission to provide support Haiti securityAn arms and ammunition embargo, an embargo regime for harmful actors in internal conflict, however, “has not yet been acted upon with sufficient force and urgency to deploy a mission to provide a concrete character and worthy embargo regime.”

Continuing with you Speech He added: “Mr. President, it is important to adopt preventive, sensitive and timely measures to combat conflict, we need information and analysis tools to address climate change and food insecurity exacerbated by serious internal conflicts.”

He revealed that according to the World Report Food crisis 2023 About 258 million people faced acute hunger in 58 countries or territories in 2022 and that in the last seven years A starving population has increased by 146 percent, indicating that it will be difficult to meet the number two goals of the 2030 Agenda to create a world free of hunger.

He clarified that one of them is the country Haitiwith which the nation Dominican territory Sher Island.

He noted that nearly half the population in Haiti is suffering Acute food insecurity Due to two important factors which are related to armed conflicts and atmospheric phenomena.

“This situation is largely attributable to two factors: First, the growth of Violence by Criminal gangs which controls most Territory of Haiti And they are deliberately obstructing the access of humanitarian aid and secondly, the continuing impact of a climate event that cannot be properly prevented by the authorities of that country due to terrorist violence,” he expressed.

He noted that the active engagement of the Secretary-General, Member States, specialized agencies, humanitarian non-governmental organizations and affected communities are key actors in moving forward on this front.

“I ask this Security Council Redouble their efforts to generate these tools and implement early warning systems to allow timely action before situations turn into crises, which are more difficult to resolve,” he said.

He concluded by saying that he reaffirms the commitment of the country he represents to achieving sustainable food security, adequate management of climate change and lasting peace on the face of the earth.