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The UN Security Council unanimously passed a further year extension of the UN Integrated Office in Haiti on Friday, but upheld China-led provisions to include a ban on the transfer of small and light weapons. There wasn’t.
This move represents another example of China’s attempt to increase its involvement in the island.
Following the assassination of President Jovenel Moise last year, violence broke out across Haiti. Authorities were unable to identify and arrest those involved in the assassination plan and financing, but the gang actively sought to expand its territory during the absence of leadership.
The UN mission is valid until July 15, 2023, with a focus on helping establish a locally developed and led political process that enables peaceful, free and just presidential elections.
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Mexico’s UN Ambassador Juan Ramon de la Fente Ramirez said the mission would send a “clear message” that the necessary Haitian political parties need to reach an agreement that will lead to the restoration of institutional order. rice field.
The Government of Haiti needs to provide up-to-date information on progress towards these goals by October 17, this year.
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China wants more aggressive action and has called on “non-state actors involved in or supporting gang violence” in Haiti to completely embargo the movement of small arms.
“This is a necessary step,” said Chang Jun, Permanent Representative of the World Organization of the People’s Republic of China. China also called for a wider range of actions, including improving police capabilities and strengthening port and border measures, as part of the crackdown on gun trafficking he identified as the greatest driver of continued violence. ..
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Mr Zhang also called on all countries to tighten export control of arms, and said China would pursue this with “related countries.”
The fact that former Haiti leaders recognized Taiwan may have given rise to greater interest in this country in China. According to Reuters, some analysts speculate that Beijing could try to influence any political transition in order to persuade the country to change its stance on the Taiwan issue.
Beijing argues that its stricter attitude towards Haiti has nothing to do with this perception, but rather the desire to take “meaningful” action instead.
“The situation in Haiti can’t get any worse,” a spokesman for the UN delegation in China told AFP. “Because we are negotiating here, gang violence is escalating in Port-au-Prince.”
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“The embargo on weapons against criminal gangs is the minimum that the council should do in response to horrific situations,” she added.
Prime Minister Zhang said he “will not give false signals to the gang” even if he could not take stronger measures, and hopes that China will continue to promote the embargo.
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The United States said it did not oppose the embargo, but it would require a sanctions committee or a group of UN experts to oversee it.
A diplomatic source told AFP that “more work is needed.”