The U.N. Security Council (UNSC) on Tuesday approved a U.S. proposal to add more personnel and funding to the security mission in Haiti, which has been overrun by violent gangs ever since the assassination of President Jovenel Moise in July 2021.
“This dramatic expansion of gang violence has jeopardized the very existence of the Haitian state,” said U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz when introducing the proposal for an expanded mission to UNSC.
“This resolution offers Haiti hope. It is a hope that has been rapidly slipping away as terrorist gangs expanded their territory, raped, pillaged, murdered and terrorized the Haitian population,” Waltz said.
The vote to authorize the extended mission passed the Security Council, 12-0, with three abstentions: China, Russia,
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