Mirlande Manigat, President of the High Council of the Transition (HCT), addressed the United Nations Security Council on Monday, October 23. The former presidential candidate from 2010, during her speech, highlighted the daily tragedies experienced by the Haitian population in all its facets due to the actions of armed gangs. She mentioned thousands of children deprived of education, patients succumbing to lack of medical care, grieving families, and slain police officers, among others.
Madame Manigat did not fail to emphasize tha