Haiti’s interim government says it has requested that the United Nations and the United States send troops to help secure key infrastructure after the assassination of President Jovenel Moise plunged the country into turmoil.
A letter from the prime minister’s office to the UN offices dated July 7 – the day Moise was shot dead at his home – said the aim was “to support the efforts of the national police aiming to reestablish security and public order in the whole territory”. The 15-member UN Security Council would need to authorise a deployment of UN peacekeepers or police to Haiti.
![Haitian National Police guard the entrance to the US embassy in Port-au-Prince on Friday as people gather to ask for asylum following the assassination of President Jovenel Moise [Ricardo Arduengo/Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/2021-07-09T233854Z_82324210_RC25HO9BY55S_RTRMADP_3_HAITI-PRESIDENT.jpg?resize=770%2C513)
Haitian National Police guard the entrance to the US embassy in Port-au-Prince on Friday as people gather to ask for asylum following the assassination of President Jovenel Moise [Ricardo Arduengo/Reuters]
