S/PV.6399 Security Council

The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. The Council is meeting in accordance with the understanding reached in its prior consultations. Members of the Council have before them document S/2010/519, which contains the text of a draft resolution submitted by Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Ecuador, France, Guatemala, Japan, Mexico, Peru, Spain, the United States of America and Uruguay. I wish to draw the attention of members of the Council to document S/2010/446, which contains the report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti. It is my understanding that the Council is ready to proceed to the vote on the draft resolution before it. Unless I hear any objection, I shall put the draft resolution to the vote now. There being no objection, it is so decided.

There were 15 votes in favour. The draft resolution has been adopted unanimously as resolution 1944 (2010). I now give the floor to the representative of Haiti.

I shall be brief. I should like to express the gratitude of the Government and people of Haiti for the resolution just adopted by the Council. It demonstrates yet again, as if there were any need to do so, the Council’s ongoing interest in the issue of Haiti since 2004. That is why, on behalf of the Government and people of Haiti, I thank the Council for having adopted the resolution. I should like in particular to thank the Group of Friends of Haiti and all our other friends who worked tirelessly to draft the text that has just been adopted by the Council. I also take this opportunity to thank all the troop-contributing countries that are active in the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). It is common knowledge that Haiti will hold presidential and legislation elections in late November. It is therefore clear that the renewal of MINUSTAH’s mandate will send a very strong signal to the people of Haiti that the Security Council and the entire international community stand side by side with Haiti to assist it in the process leading to free, transparent and democratic elections. Allow me also to take this opportunity to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Haiti, Mr. Edmond Mulet, and all the civilian and military personnel of MINUSTAH who are working alongside the Haitian National Police and the Government to assist us in this process.

There are no further speakers inscribed on my list. The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on its agenda. The Security Council will remain seized of the matter.