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The U.S. objective for Haiti remains the establishment of baseline security and stability. The U.S. would regard any effort to change the composition of the government by the non-elected TPC at this late stage in its tenure to be an effort to undermine that objective and as such null and void. The U.S. would consider anyone supporting such a disruptive step favoring the gangs to be acting contrary to the interests of the United States, the region, and the Haitian people and will act accordingly.

Members of the Security Council made clear that the presidential council’s mandate will end in 18 days. Yet, despite this, members seem poised to remain in office while targeting Fils-Aimé’s, who is trying to avoid the fate of predecessor Garry Conille, who was also fired by the council. But unlike Conille, who was fired after six months and lost support from Washington, Fils-Aimé is in a different position. Foreign diplomats in Port-au-Prince have made it clear the council’s days are numbered and that Fils-Aimé, a businessman, must stay on for continuity and to avoid a political vacuum that could further embolden gangs.

Le Conseil de sécurité s’est réuni, cet après-midi, pour examiner la situation en Haïti alors que les arrangements de gouvernance arriveront à leur terme le 7 février et que le renouvellement du mandat du Bureau intégré des Nations Unies en Haïti (BINUH) sera examiné fin janvier.  Dans ce contexte délicat de transition, la grave situation du pays sur les plans sécuritaire et humanitaire a inquiété les délégations, informées par le rapport du Secrétaire général et l’exposé de son Représentant spécial.

Haiti’s deepening crisis has reached a critical phase, senior UN officials warned the Security Council on Wednesday, as powerful gangs continue to expand their control across the country. With the political transition set to expire on 7 February, officials cautioned that escalating violence, entrenched criminal networks and mounting humanitarian needs risk pushing Haiti further into instability unless security and political efforts are urgently sustained.

Pas de répit pour la population haïtienne en ce début d’année. En une semaine, la violence liée aux gangs armés a contraint des milliers de personnes à fuir et à rejoindre les rangs toujours plus nombreux des personnes déplacées, ont prévenu mercredi les Nations Unies.