The UN Security Council ended 15 years of peacekeeping operations in Haiti yesterday, expressing regret that the country is still experiencing major economic and political problems.

The United Nations sent a peacekeeping force to Haiti, following the overthrow of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide by the army in 2004, under the pressure of a popular uprising.

In 2017, the soldiers were replaced by a UN police mission, gradually decreasing from 1,300 to 600. They will now be replaced by a political mission that will reduce their number.

Haiti remains the poorest country in the Americas and suffers from political instability.

Last year, Haiti plunged deeper into a political crisis amid protests demanding the fight against corruption and the resignation of President Juvenel Moyes, who said on Tuesday he would not resign.

He said, during a press conference: «It will be irresponsible decision of me, if you sign a letter of resignation and departure, while the country in this way».

On Tuesday, the US ambassador to the United Nations, Kelly Kraft, said that Haiti stands at a crossroads.

"We urge actors in the political, political, economic and civil society to work peacefully to address the most economic and social challenges facing the country."

The United States is Haiti's largest donor, with $ 5.2 billion in aid since the devastating earthquake in 2010, Kraft said.

Since coming to power in February 2017, Moyes has faced the wrath of an opposition movement that refuses to acknowledge his victory in widely contested elections.

Anger escalated in late August, following fuel shortages nationwide, and demonstrations were marred by violence.

The Government of Haiti is conducting business, and the legislative elections scheduled for this month have been postponed to an unspecified date. Moyes is seeking dialogue with the opposition, which has so far refused.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed pessimism about Haiti in a report released yesterday.

"The prolonged multidimensional crisis that Haiti has been grappling with since July 2018 shows few signs of decline or solution," Guterres wrote. "I urge all players to put aside their own differences and interests, to work together to overcome the increasingly worrying situation."

The United States is the largest donor

To Haiti with $ 5.2 billion

Of aid, since the devastating earthquake

He hit her in 2010.