UNSC - Crisis in Haiti

For decades, Haiti has experienced severe crises, marked by gender-based violence, food insecurity, and poverty, that have spread across social, political, and economic sectors of the country, creating unstable and vulnerable conditions. This issue has been exacerbated by several environmental disasters such as the 2021 earthquake and, of course, COVID-19. The rapid succession of these natural disasters have made rebuilding and stabilizing Haiti a difficult task with almost 1 million people displaced as a result of these disasters. Moreover, the overwhelming presence of gangs and gang violence in Haiti has made it extremely difficult to establish a stable government in Haiti, as over 80% of the capital – Port-au-Prince – is under the control of a gang coalition called “Viv Ansanm”. 

In 2024, attacks from this coalition crippled the country, and although a transitional government was established, the government has since then formally requested the Security Council to send in a peacekeeping force. This committee will discuss how the Security Council may sustainably intervene in Haiti to help establish a stable and sovereign state – this may be achieved by sending a peacekeeping mission or by other means.

Sub-topics include but are not limited to:

• Addressing and preventing gender-based violence,

• Creating free and fair elections to establish a stable and sovereign government, and;

• Sustainably rebuilding the economy.