Yesterday Wednesday, the United States announced a new aid of 160 million dollars for the Haitian National Police (PNH), it is the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken made this announcement during a multilateral meeting on Haiti (Building on Progress to Restore Security in Haiti), on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, in New York, he also called for increased support to the PNH in order to finance more personnel and equipment.

Antony Blinken said the United States remains the largest contributor of humanitarian aid, including $45 million in additional support that I announced while I was in Haiti. We’ve already delivered well over $300 million to support the Multinational Security Support mission – armored vehicles, radios, night-vision goggles, drones.

Today, I can announce that we’re committing an additional $160 million to support the Haitian National Police, invest in the community violence prevention, and lay the groundwork for Haiti’s recovery and stability. I’m also announcing additional sanctions to promote accountability for those who seek to undermine Haiti’s institutions and to terrorize its people.

I’m here as well to underscore Haiti’s call for more support for the MSS – to fund more personnel, more armored vehicles, more drones, more radios, more generators. Each of us must step up, and the time to do that is now."

Regarding the mandate of BINUH he stressed "We must also renew the mission’s mandate, which expires in a few short days. And we need to consider how to sustain this mission over the long term – to provide for the predictable funding and deployment of personnel – in a way that has the continued support and trust of the Haitian people."

HL/ HaitiLibre