PM Briceño Calls for Justice in Palestine and Haiti

In his UNGA address, Prime Minister John Briceño strongly condemned the violence in Palestine and Haiti, urging immediate international action.

“The genocide in Palestine must stop now. What hope can a child in Gaza have for tomorrow when their home is destroyed, their family murdered, their future erased?” Briceño asked. He reminded the assembly of the UN’s past efforts to dismantle apartheid in South Africa. “The UN once confronted apartheid in South Africa with declarations, sanctions, conventions, and suspension of the regime from this assembly. We must draw that lesson again,” he said.

Briceño said no country that violates human rights and international law should be allowed to escape accountability. “No regime that desecrates the charter and destroys a people has a place in this hall, and that is why the rule of law must prevail. No man. No country stands above the Law of Nations,” he declared.

On Haiti, Briceño warned that international delay has emboldened criminal gangs. “The people of Haiti deserve our urgent and united support to completely expunge the criminal gangs that have attempted to overrun that country,” he said. He added that “a workable path forward for Haiti exists, but it requires sustained security assistance, resources, and a coherent international response.”