UN (AP) – The United Nations (AP) — The United States announced Thursday it is seeking approval for a new “gang suppression force” to help tackle escalating violence. Haitiwhere armed groups are expanding brutal activities from the capital In the countryside.
U.S. Ambassador Dorothy Shea made the announcement at a UN Security Council meeting, but it was unclear how it would differ from the Kenya-led multinational security support forces currently deployed in the violence-ravaged Caribbean country that is trying to support police curbs. Gang violence.
Sia responded to Haitian’s appeal “at a critical moment” of Kenya, leading the multinational force for over a year, saying “the gang would have been even more encouraged by Haitian civilian ambitions and brave atrocities.”
She said the US and Panama will cycle through the Security Council resolutions to establish gang suppression forces and establish UN support offices to provide logistics assistance.
In February, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres proposed opening an office that provides drones, fuel, ground, air transport and other non-lethal assistance for the Kenya-led mission.
Shea did not indicate whether the US would provide military or police support to new gang oppressive forces or whether it was part of Kenya and other contributors, the Bahamas, El Salvador, Belize, Guatemala or Jamaica.
A council diplomat said that Kenya-led forces have been renamed and were informed that they have increased in size significantly, support for UN logistics has increased significantly, and converted them into gang suppression forces. The diplomats were not allowed to speak publicly because the discussion was private.
The first Kenyans arrived in Haiti in June 2024, and the unit was to have an army of 2,500, but now its strength is below 1,000.
Shea urged members of the Security Council to support “new paths to peace and security.” She then urged the international community to “come to the table and join the US, Panama and others who have demonstrated Haiti’s commitment to safety in sharing the meaningful burden of promoting Haiti’s stability.”
Seven countries, including the United States, notified Guterres in a letter Wednesday that they were taking action on another recommendation in the February recommendation.
The group, which also includes Canada, El Salvador, Guatemala, Jamaica, the Bahamas and Kenya, said it would work to ensure voluntary financial contributions of costs not covered by the UN office of assistance, promote increased power and provide adjustments to the improved force, including placing special representatives. Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti.
Guterres addressed the Security Council before speaking about the welcoming efforts by unnamed council members to advance his February proposal to strengthen the multinational mission in logistics and operational support of the United Nations.
He urged the council to “act without delay and approve international forces supported by the United Nations and supported through logistical and operational support, predictable funding.”
The UN chief said that Haitians The perfect storm of sufferingIt points to the collapse of national authority, gang violence spreading beyond the capital, causing families to flee, and hospitals and schools to be repeatedly attacked.
“The humanitarian victims are incredible. 1.3 million people – half of the children – have fled the house,” Guterres said. “Six million people need humanitarian assistance.”
However, he said that the UN’s $988 million appeal this year is less than 10%.
Guterres calls it a “life or death emergency” and warns that there is a risk that 1.7 million Haitians will not receive any assistance at all unless they act now.
