UN Security Council Weighs Urging Haiti Elections as Chaos Grows
A man pushes a wheelbarrow past burning tires during a protest demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on March 7.
Photographer: Odelyn Joseph/APThe United Nations Security Council is weighing a statement that would press for free and fair elections in Haiti without calling for Prime Minister Ariel Henry to resign, according to a draft obtained by Bloomberg News.
The statement would call on everyone involved “to engage constructively in meaningful negotiations to allow the holding of free and fair legislative and presidential elections as soon as necessary conditions are met,” according to the draft. “They stressed the need to create security conditions conducive to an inclusive political process, and free and fair elections in Haiti.”