UN Human Rights Council 57: Enhanced Interactive Dialogue on Haiti
UK Statement for the Enhanced Interactive Dialogue on the Interim Report on Haiti. Delivered by the UK's Permanent Representative to the WTO and UN, Simon Manley.
Thank you, Mrs Vice-President.
La d茅t茅rioration des droits humains en Haiti continue de choquer, notamment avec une autre tuerie la semaine pass茅e. L鈥檃ugmentation du recrutement, de l鈥檈xploitation et l鈥檃bus d鈥檈nfants combin茅e avec l鈥檃ggravation de la violence sexuelle afin de semer la terreur et punir les communaut茅s sont intol茅rables. Ceci s鈥檃joute aux enl猫vements et meurtres qui continuent d鈥櫭猼re utilis茅s par les gangs criminels pour faire souffrir la population.
La stabilit茅 et la s茅curit茅 sont essentielles dans le combat contre le fl茅au des gangs. C鈥檈st pour cela que nous soutenons la r茅solution cr茅ant la Mission multinationale d鈥檃ppui 脿 la s茅curit茅 en Ha茂ti. De plus, le Royaume-Uni contribuera 拢5 millions 脿 la Mission d鈥檃ppui afin que le Haut-Commissariat aux droits de l鈥檋omme puisse s鈥檃ssurer que le d茅ploiement respecte les standards internationaux de droits humains, de conduite et de discipline.
Nous continuons d鈥檃gir contre les auteurs de ces violations des droits humains en Haiti avec des sanctions et nous avons coparrain茅 la derni猫re liste adopt茅e par le Conseil de S茅curit茅 le mois dernier.
Director Salazar, Mr O鈥橬eill,
Where can the international community best focus its efforts to assist the Haitian government to bring the stability and security that the country so desperately needs and deserves?
Thank you.
Thank you, Mrs Vice-President.
The deterioration of human rights in Haiti continues to shock with another horrifying killing last week. The growing recruitment, exploitation, and abuse of children combined with a significant increase in the use of sexual violence to spread fear and punish communities are sickening. This is in addition to kidnapping and murder that have long been used by criminal gangs to inflict suffering on the population.
Stability and security are vital components to tackling the scourge of gangs, and to this end we strongly supported the UN Resolution to bring about the Multinational Security Support mission to Haiti. Furthermore, the UK has pledged 拢5 million to the Support mission to assist the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in ensuring the deployment鈥檚 compliance with international standards on human rights, conduct and discipline.
We continue to take action against perpetrators of human rights abuses in Haiti through sanctions, and co-sponsored the latest designations agreed by the UNSC last month.
Director Salazar, Mr O鈥橬eill,
Where can the international community best focus its efforts to assist the Haitian government to bring the stability and security that Haiti so desperately needs and deserves?
Thank you.