Haiti - Security Council, 9953rd meeting

Top United Nations officials urge swift global action as Haiti nears collapse.

• Categories: Meetings & Events / Security Council
• Video Length: 02:15:08
• Production Date: 2 July 2025
• Asset Language: Arabic; English; French; Russian; Spanish; Chinese; Original
• Personal Subject: MIROSLAV JENCA; GHADA FATHI WALY
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS INTEGRATED OFFICE IN HAITI - BINUH; CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY - CARICOM; UNITED NATIONS OFFICE ON DRUGS AND CRIME - UNODC
• Subject Topical: HAITI SITUATION; ARMED GROUPS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; POLITICAL CONDITIONS; SEXUAL VIOLENCE; PEACE AND SECURITY
• Geographic Subject: HAITI
• MAMS Id: 3402333
• Parent Id: 3420044
• Alternate Title: MTG SC 9953 BINUH 02 JUL 2025 AM

Description

Spiralling violent and humanitarian crises are pushing Haiti “closer to the brink”, senior United Nations officials warned the Security Council today, as emboldened gangs expand their control and the risk of a total collapse of State authority in the capital grows — demanding urgent international action. 

Miroslav Jenča, Assistant Secretary-General for Europe, Central Asia and Americas, Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations, noted a “sharp erosion of State authority and the rule of law” since his visit in January, with “brutal gang violence” affecting every aspect of public and private life. The capital, Port-au-Prince, was paralyzed by gangs and isolated by ongoing suspension of international commercial flights into Toussaint-Louverture airport. Since then, gangs have only strengthened their foothold, which now affects all communes of the Port-au-Prince metropolitan area and beyond. 

• Briefer: Mr. Miroslav Jenča, Assistant Secretary-General for Europe, Central Asia and the Americas 
• Briefer: Ms. Ghada Fathi Waly, Executive Director, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (via video-teleconference) 
• Statements: All Council members, with Guyana speaking on behalf of: Algeria, Guyana, Sierra Leone, Somalia 
• Statement: Haiti 
• Statement: His Excellency Roberto Álvarez Gil, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Dominican Republic 
• Statement: Kenya 
• Statement: Barbados (on behalf of: CARICOM) 

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