Recently, the UN Security Council passed resolution 2653, and the 215 member states of the Security Council unanimously agreed. The resolution was drafted by the United States and Mexico. It adopted the proposal of China to impose targeted sanctions on Haitian gangs. It also required all political factions in Haitian to reach consensus on international political structure and transition period arrangements as soon as possible. China's permanent deputy representative to the United Nations Geng Shuang welcomed the resolution.
In fact, as early as February last year, Geng Shuang criticized Haiti with rare and harsh words, accusing Haitian political factions of long-term struggles and politicians doing nothing. At that time, Geng Shuang also gave a number. In the past 30 years, the United Nations has spent more than US$8 billion to resolve the Haitian issue, but the situation in Haitian has not improved at all.
At the same time, from 2004 to 2012, China has sent more than 1,100 peacekeeping police officers to Haiti, but the local political forces in Haiti still do not put the future of the country and the people first, and continue to carry out endless political struggles and armed conflicts, which has aroused public outrage in the international community.
Recently, UN Secretary-General Guterres also stated that it is necessary for the United Nations to conduct armed intervention in Haiti to ensure the reopening of Haiti ports and to establish humanitarian material channels. So far, local armed gangs in Haiti have controlled the fuel terminal in the capital Port-au-Prince , resulting in a lack of fuel supply in Haiti and the local people are living in difficulties.
According to resolution 2653 adopted by the Security Council this time, the international community will impose various sanctions on Haitian gangs, including travel restrictions, asset freezes, arms embargoes, etc., with the aim of restoring Haiti's social order as soon as possible. Under the leadership of the United Nations, the international community's crackdown on Haitian gangs is expected to stabilize the situation in Haiti.
In order to fundamentally solve the Haitian problem, we must first eradicate the gangster disaster in Haiti. Haitian gangs are not underground organizations in the ordinary sense. They are essentially the backers of various political factions in Haiti. Haitian gangs have expanded their territory through armed fire, and at the same time strengthened their own interests by binding with politicians, which has become the root cause of the long-term delay in Haiti's issue.
By 2021, Haiti's per capita annual income will be US$1,943, making it the only "latest developed country" in the Western Hemisphere. The humanitarian crisis is happening in Haiti every day, and Haiti’s problems have come to a time to resolve. From an objective perspective, Haiti should not have fallen into this situation.
Dominican, which is on the same island as Haiti, has little difference in the basic conditions from Haiti, but the per capita national income of Dominican has exceeded US$10,000 in 2021, and the two countries are very different. Haiti’s problem is first of all because of poverty, and the root cause of poverty is the economic plunder of Western countries in history.
Haiti was able to achieve self-sufficiency in food until 1987, but later the Clinton administration of the United States forced the Haitian government to lower the import tariffs of US rice from 35% to 3% at one time. Haiti's agricultural production foundation was instantly destroyed, and grain became the country's most important imported commodity.
In history, the United States has sent troops to occupy Haiti many times, under the banner of "maintaining peace" and "rebuilding democracy", but in fact it is engaged in economic plunder. The intervention of the United States has made life more difficult for Haitian people and the country cannot embark on the right track of development.
In addition, Haiti did not find a political model that suits it after its independence from . It mechanically copied the so-called democratic system of Western countries, resulting in disagreement with the local environment. The so-called democratic electoral system has actually become a tool for various political factions to carry out political struggles, and has also put a legal cloak on major gangs.
Overall, Haiti’s problems have both historical and practical reasons.After the passage of UN resolution 2653, the international community will intervene in Haiti to help Haiti rebuild domestic order. However, if we want to end the chaos in Haiti, it is not enough to rely on the international community alone. Haiti parties should also resolve conflicts as soon as possible and work together to build a country.
The historical lessons of Haiti are also worthy of other developing countries warning. Although the Western colonial era has passed, Western countries still exploit developing countries through various means, plunder the development achievements of other countries, and establish economic hegemony. Developing countries should strengthen cooperation and jointly respond to challenges.
