People take cover from gunfire near the National Palace, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti March 21, 2024.
Countries including the United States, Canada and France have been evacuating their citizens as well as staff from the Haiti operations of international organisations such as the United Nations, European Union, World Bank and International Monetary Fund. "If the United States cannot keep its personnel safe in Haiti, then the Haitian government is unlikely to keep Haitian nationals safe," the letter said, arguing migration and forced displacement should not be separated from a lack of "reparatory justice for slavery, colonialism and neo-colonial imperialism."
The council — progress hampered by factional disagreements and threats — was initially expected to make its decision within 48 hours of Prime Minister Ariel Henry announcing his resignation on March 11. On Wednesday, it issued a statement saying it was finalising a document on its modus operandi.