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María Isabel Salvador, Special Representative for Haiti, said, “The security situation on the ground continues to deteriorate as growing gang violence plunges the lives of the people of Haiti into disarray and major crimes are rising sharply to new record highs.” UNIFEED

The Security Council unanimously voted to renew the mandate of the UN Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH). UNIFEED

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Haiti, María Isabel Salvador, said “there is widespread backing” for the deployment of “a robust international Force” to assist the Haitian National Police.” UNIFEED

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Haiti said that a path for Haitians to engage in dialogue toward restoring democratic institutions in the country has been charted; however, “it will be difficult to move forward without effectively addressing rampant insecurity.” UNIFEED

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Haiti, Helen La Lime, told reporters, “What Haitians most want right now is security, security to go about their lives without the fear of being injured or kidnap when they leave their homes in the morning.” UNIFEED

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Haiti, Helen La Lime, told the Security Council that gang-related violence has reached levels not seen in decades, reiterating that the people of Haiti are counting on the international community. UNIFEED

Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed told the Security Council that, as the year comes to an end, “Haiti is in a deepening crisis of unprecedented scale and complexity that is cause for serious alarm.” UNIFEED

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Haiti, Helen La Lime, told the Security Council that as cholera cases “tear through parts of Port-au-Prince,” and armed gangs continue to blockade the Varreux fuel terminal, “the consequences for Haiti’s basic infrastructure have been severe.” UNIFEED

United Nations Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told journalists in New York there are now 32 confirmed cholera cases in Haiti, as well as 224 suspected cases, and 16 confirmed deaths from the disease. UNIFEED

A top United Nations humanitarian official in Haiti said the conditions could be given for “an exponential - if not explosive - increase of cholera cases” in the country. UNIFEED