A view of the U.N. Security Council meeting room prior to vote on Haiti’s BINUH, taken via screenshot during the livestream July 15, 2022. Photo by J.O. Haselhoef for The Haitian Times
A view of the U.N. Security Council meeting room prior to vote on Haiti’s BINUH, taken via screenshot during the livestream July 15, 2022. Photo by J.O. Haselhoef for The Haitian Times

The United Nations Security Council voted unanimously Friday to extend the mandate of the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) until July 15, 2023, after several member nations suggested stronger measures such as sending in a force to combat the gangs.

In renewing BINUH, the Security Council’s Resolution 2645 requires an update to be filed in October 2022 on the diplomacy that is to lead to elections. Recognizing that small arms and ammunition used by the Haitian gangs come from other countries, the resolution also called on its own U.N. members to prevent illegal arms trafficking and flow of money to the Caribbean nation.

Overview:

UN Security Council renews BINUH, its Haiti monitoring office, requiring an outcomes report due in October as part of the approval.

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J.O. Haselhoef is the author of “Give & Take: Doing Our Damnedest NOT to be Another Charity in Haiti.” She co-founded "Yonn Ede Lot" (One Helping Another), a nonprofit that partnered with volunteer groups in La Montagne ("Lamontay"), Haiti from 2007-2013. She is a 2022 Fellow for the Columbia School of Journalism's Age Boom Academy. She writes and lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.