U.N. Security Council members warned Haiti’s leaders on Wednesday (October 22, 2025) that time is running out to restore security and hold general elections as the deadline to install a new government nears.
Haiti’s transitional presidential council is tasked with holding general elections before February 7, 2026, when the nine-member council is supposed to step down.
“The transition clock is ticking. I am concerned that a steady path toward the restoration of democratic governance is yet to emerge,” Carlos Ruiz Massieu, special representative of the U.N. Secretary-General for Haiti and head of the U.N. Integrated Office in Haiti, said at the U.N. Security Council meeting on Wednesday.
A date for a general election, the first in almost a decade, has not been announced as gang violence consumes Haiti’s capital and beyond, but technical preparations are underway.
Haiti’s Provisional Electoral Council has assessed voting centers in nine of the country’s 10 departments, with some 1,309 centers identified for an estimated 6.2 million voters.
