The head of Haiti’s presidential transition appealed for “global solidarity” Thursday during his appearance at the United Nations General Assembly, while also endorsing a Biden administration push for a formal U.N. peacekeeping mission in his crisis-wracked nation.
Edgard Leblanc Fils, who spoke as the head of Haiti’s Transitional Presidential Council, said as the world’s first Black independent nation, Haiti “is today the greatest victim of a historical injustice, which has not only delayed our development but saddled our people with a burden.”