Hands off Haiti!
No to the Deployment of an International Armed Force to Haiti!
Reports
inform that today, October 2, the United Nations Security Council will
vote on a resolution prepared by the United States authorizing the
deployment for one year of an international armed force in Haiti. While
Haitians are massively opposed to any foreign intervention in Haiti
under any pretext whatsoever, the United States persists in its
objective of maintaining control over Haiti by instigating violence
through armed gangs to abuse and divide the population, promote phony
elections, maintain sweat shop labour and much more. For months now,
actively supported by Canada, the U.S. has been deploying its arsenals,
issuing bribes (called subsidies), threats and disinformation to find a
country which could be persuaded to comprise the armed forces to
intervene in Haiti and now Kenya will do it.
A Kenyan "security delegation" visited Haiti from August 20 to 23 as part of a so-called assessment mission to prepare the ground for Kenya to lead a foreign intervention force against Haiti at the request of the U.S. and the "Core Group."[1]
The resolution to be presented to the Security Council states that the mission is intended to help Haiti stem the outbreak of gang violence and strengthen the capacity of the Haitian National Police (HNP), a notoriously corrupt organization. It specifies that the force would be external to the United Nations, funded by voluntary contributions. Given that the Kenyan police, were originally trained by the British political police to suppress the anti-colonial insurrections of the Kenyan people and their striving for democracy, whose authority this intervention force will represent is a serious matter of concern. Critics of the proposal to have the Kenyan police form an interventionist force in Haiti note that the police in the East African country have long been accused of using torture, lethal force and other abuses. As it stands, the United States has pledged $100 million to support the proposed Kenyan-led multinational force in Haiti. The resolution would authorize the force for one year, with a review after nine months.
The resolution
states that the force would help secure "critical infrastructure sites
and transit points such as the airport, ports and major crossroads."
This sounds like doubletalk to indicate that it is the operations which
favour U.S. interests which will be protected. Adoption by the
Security Council would authorize the force to "adopt urgent temporary
measures on an exceptional basis" to "prevent loss of life and assist
the police in maintaining public security."
Given the experience of the Haitian people with previous UN missions and training programs delivered to the Haitian police mainly by Canada, the resolution stresses that all those involved in the proposed mission must take the necessary steps to prevent sexual exploitation and abuse, as well as to monitor all personnel. It also demands prompt investigations into any allegations of misconduct.
All of this is an inglorious staging to deploy an international force to subdue the resistance of the Haitian people and maintain the power of the Haitian oligarchs, currently led by the illegitimate regime of Ariel Henry, on behalf of narrow private interests based in the USA, Canada, France and elsewhere.
Hands off Haiti! Canada, USA, France,
Kenya, Core Group and
Any Other
Foreign Force, Out of Haiti!
Note
1. The Core Group is an informal intergovernmental organization made up of ambassadors of the United States, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Spain and the European Union, and representatives of the United Nations and the Organization of American States (OAS). Despite the fact that international law and the Vienna Convention bar foreign embassies from meddling in the international affairs of sovereign states, the so-called Core Group meets often to suppress the striving of the Haitian people for peace, freedom and democracy. The Core Group traces its origins to the 2003 "Ottawa Initiative on Haiti" meeting where U.S., French, OAS and Canadian officials decided to depose President Aristide and subsequently installed a United Nations occupation force. At their instigation, it was formally established by the UN Security Council after U.S., French and Canadian troops overthrew Haiti's elected government in 2004 . It presents itself as "providing advice" on how to resolve Haiti's "socioeconomic and political crises" and "improve democracy in the country."
This article was published in
Number 56 - October
2, 2023
Article Link:
https://cpcml.ca/WF2023/Articles/WO10561.HTM
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