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Latest post: Mon 18 Mar 2024Insights on the work of the UN Security Council
Haiti: Private Meeting
This afternoon (18 March), the Security Council will convene for a private meeting on Haiti. Ecuador and the US, the penholders on the file, requested the meeting to receive an update on the 11 March agreement on a transitional governance arrangement for Haiti that the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) facilitated following the recent escalation of gang violence in the country. Special Representative and Head of the UN Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) María Isabel Salvador and a CARICOM representative are expected to brief.
CARICOM announced the 11 March agreement following several days of talks with Haitian political actors and an emergency meeting in Jamaica that was attended by members of the intergovernmental organisation as well as Brazil, Canada, France, Mexico, the US, and the UN. The final agreement is reportedly a compromise drawn from the numerous transitional governance proposals that Haitian groups had submitted to CARICOM. It provides for the creation of a Transitional Presidential Council comprising seven voting members and two non-voting observers that will be tasked with appointing a new interim prime minister, preparing the country for the arrival of international security assistance, and organising long-delayed elections. The seven voting members of the council will be selected from five political parties, a coalition of civic and political groups known as the Montana Accord, and the business community. The two non-voting observers will be drawn from civil society and the religious community. Acting Prime Minister Ariel Henry has said that he will resign once the council has been installed and has appointed his successor.
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