On Monday, September 23, Prime Minister Garry Conille of Haiti and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau co-chaired a meeting of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) to address the ongoing crisis in Haiti. Canada currently holds the chair of ECOSOC's Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Haiti. In his opening remarks, Prime Minister Conille highlighted the "significant and transformational progress" made, particularly through joint operations between the Haitian National Police (PNH) and Kenyan forces.
However, Conille also stressed that Haiti needs more resources to overcome what has been an "underestimated" crisis. "We must be clear-eyed. After these first 100 days, a bitter truth has emerged: the Haitian crisis—its security, humanitarian, social, economic, and political dimensions—was grossly underestimated. The gangs we face are not merely disorganized groups; they are well-armed and determined, often with transnational connections. In some cases, the situation we confront is nothing less than urban warfare, forcing our security forces to go house by house, as entire buildings and neighborhoods are often turned into deadly traps. We need more sophisticated weapons, greater resources, and more extensive training for our forces to respond sustainably to this threat, which at times resembles a civil war," Conille explained.






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