The U.N. Security Council on Monday extended authorization for a multinational security mission in crime-ridden Haiti, but there was no request to convert the mission into a U.N. peacekeeping mission, as proposed by Port-au-Prince. Ta.
The resolution, adopted unanimously, expressed “deep concern at the situation in Haiti, including violence, criminal activity, and mass displacement.”
More than 3,600 people have been killed this year in the country’s rampant “senseless” gang violence, the United Nations said on Friday.
A Kenyan-led police mission to help the Haitian National Police regain control of gang-controlled areas has been extended until October 2, 2025.
Although it operates with support from the United Nations and the Haitian government, it is not a UN-run force.
Kenya began sending its first troops this summer, months after the council gave the initial green light in October 2023. The unit currently has approximately 400 personnel, including more than a dozen officers from Jamaica and Belize.
Kenyan President William Ruto last week promised that the deployment would be complete by January, totaling 2,500 people.
But this mission has been hampered by chronic funding shortfalls, with Edgardo Leblanc Fils, president of Haiti’s governing transitional council, telling the General Assembly last week that “the security assistance mission should be transformed into a peacekeeping mission.” I would like you to consider this.” Under the mandate of the United Nations. ”
He said such measures would raise the needed funds and reiterated recent proposals from the US government.
The first version of the extension resolution, drafted by the United States and Ecuador, called for the start of a transition plan from deploying security forces to a full-fledged UN peacekeeping operation.
But diplomatic sources say there is no mention of such a shift in the document, which was adopted after difficult negotiations marked by opposition from China and Russia.
The resolution adopted in its place “encourages the MSS mission to accelerate its deployment and further encourages additional voluntary contributions and support to the mission.”
Guinea, ruled by a military junta since a 2021 uprising, offered on Saturday to contribute 650 police officers to the mission.
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