US EditionUN Security Council approves bigger force in Haiti to tackle gangs
The UN Security Council approved a 5,550-strong Gang Suppression Force to combat escalating gang violence and support Haitian institutions amid ongoing political instability.
- The United Nations Security Council voted to create a "Gang Suppression Force" to combat gangs in Haiti, increasing personnel from 2,500 to 5,550 members.
- The resolution received 12 votes in favor, with abstentions from China, Russia, and Pakistan, and it aims to support Haiti amid worsening security and humanitarian crises.
- At least 1.3 million Haitians are internally displaced due to violence, and 5.7 million face food insecurity, according to the UN.
- Haitian Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aime welcomed the resolution, while Russia's envoy criticized its lack of specific safeguards.
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Video - On 2 October, the UN warned about the rise of gang-related violence in Haiti, shortly after the Council approved, on 30 September, the dispatch of a force to suppress them.
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vijesti.meMore than 16,000 people have been killed in armed violence since 2022 in Haiti, a Caribbean country ravaged by gang attacks, the UN announced today, warning that without international support "the worst may be yet to come."
According to monitoring by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, thousands have also been injured. The cycle of violence has plagued Haiti for a long time.
"Half of the population, or 6 million people, including 3.3 million children, needs humanitarian assistance," said the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
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