At the initiative of Adama Dieng, former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations, Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide and Registrar of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and former member of the Board of Trustees of the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA), 31 signatories, incumbent Heads of State including the President of Senegal Macky Sall, former Heads of State, personalities, and diplomats among others, launched an "urgent appeal" in favor of Haiti in the grip of insecurity and the food crisis.

"We make this urgent call: let's act now, with a new and genuine benevolence, whatever the risks, and without individual geopolitical intentions. Haitian populations are in danger. History will not be kind to those who remain inactive or who choose to look elsewhere. It would be non-assistance to a people in danger," one read in this forum made public, Monday, January 2nd, 2023.

Download the forum (PDF in French): https://www.haitilibre.com/docs/Pris-en-otage-Haiti-se-meurt-agissons-maintenant.pdf

HL/ HaitiLibre