US EditionUN Security Council pressures Haiti's leaders to hold general election as deadline nears
Gangs control 90% of Port-au-Prince, displacing 1.4 million people as the U.N. demands elections before the transitional council's February 7, 2026 deadline.
- On Wednesday, U.N. Security Council members warned Haiti's leaders that time is running out to restore security and hold general elections, urging support from the international community and political class and private sector.
- Gangs control an estimated 90% of Port-au-Prince and have displaced 1.4 million people, with violence killing over 3,100 and injuring 1,100 this year, according to the U.N. International Organization for Migration.
- Provisional Electoral Council assessed 1,309 voting centers for an estimated 6.2 million voters and said the first round would cost nearly $137 million with preparations underway.
- The U.N. authorized a gang suppression force to replace the understaffed Kenyan police mission, deploying 5,550 personnel with a 12-month mandate and arrest powers.
- Electoral council president Jacques Desrosiers said `We cannot hold elections before February`, while United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned `Critical decisions will be required by national authorities and stakeholders in the coming months in the lead-up to the 7 February 2026 deadline`.
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Security Council warns Haiti’s leaders: Time running out to restore security and hold elections
By DÁNICA COTO | Associated Press Haiti’s transitional presidential council is tasked with holding general elections before Feb. 7, 2026, when the nine-member council is supposed to step down. “The transition clock is ticking. I am concerned that a steady path toward the restoration of democratic governance is yet to emerge,” Carlos Ruiz Massieu, special representative of the U.N. Secretary-General for Haiti and head of the U.N. Integrated Offi…
Haiti’s Postponed Vote: When Fear Replaces The Ballot
Haiti will not hold national elections before February 2026. That sentence sounds procedural. It isn’t. It means a country that hasn’t voted since 2016 will enter yet another year governed by interim authority because armed groups, now dominant across most of Port-au-Prince and pushing into other regions, make a credible vote impossible. Haiti’s own electoral […]
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UN Security Council pressures Haiti's leaders to hold general election as deadline nears
U.N. Security Council members have warned Haiti’s leaders that time is running out to restore security and hold general elections as the deadline to install a new government nears.
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