Security Council renews Haiti mission mandate, calls for more …
WEBSep 30, 2024 — The UN Security Council on Monday re-authorized the deployment of the Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission to Haiti for 12 months. The mission was authorized last October to assist Haiti’s beleaguered police force. Led by Kenya, it currently has around 410 police officers on the ground and is expected to grow to around 2,500.
Gang attack in Haiti's Pont Sondé leaves 70 dead | UN News
WEB3 days ago — 4 October 2024 Peace and Security. An attack by a notorious gang in the town of Pont Sondé, Haiti, left at least 70 people dead on Thursday, after gunmen armed with automatic rifles opened fire, a spokesperson for the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Friday. Among the victims at the hands of the so …
UN rights office calls for more action to combat ‘senseless ... - UN News
WEB27 September 2024 Human Rights. At least 3,661 people have been killed in Haiti since January due to rampant gang violence, “maintaining the high levels of violence seen in 2023,” the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said in a report issued on Friday. Tackling insecurity in the Caribbean country must be the utmost priority, the report said ...
Security Council renews Haiti mission mandate, calls for more …
WEBSep 30, 2024 — By Vibhu Mishra The mission was authorized last October to assist Haiti’s beleaguered police force. Led by Kenya, it currently has around 410 police officers on the ground and is expected to grow to around 2,500. For now, the country remains mired in crisis. The renewal comes as the mission tries to curb rampant gang violence, enable an environment conducive to aid delivery, and create ...
Deadly Violence in Haiti at Record High, Some Worst Scenarios …
WEBApr 22, 2024 — The first quarter of 2024 was the deadliest for Haitians with around 2,500 people killed or injured in gang violence, a senior United Nations official told the Security Council, calling for the...
UN extends Kenya-led force to tackle gangs in Haiti, but sidelines …
WEBSep 30, 2024 — UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Monday to extend the mandate of the Kenya-led multinational force helping to tackle gang violence in Haiti, after brushing off a call from Haiti to start talks on transforming it into a U.N. peacekeeping mission.
The UN condemns increasing gang violence and criminal activity in Haiti …
WEBJul 13, 2024 — The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a resolution condemning “in the strongest terms” the increasing gang violence and criminal activity in Haiti that is undermining peace, stability and security in the country and the region.
Haiti's insecurity is worsening as gangs seize more territory, UN ...
WEBSep 20, 2024 — PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A U.N. human rights expert warned on Friday that gang violence is spreading across Haiti as a U.N.-backed mission targeting criminals in the troubled Caribbean country remains underfunded and understaffed.
UN extends Kenya-led security mission in Haiti amid rising …
WEBSep 30, 2024 — The United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti, which deployed from 2004 to 2017, was tarnished by accusations of sexual abuse by peacekeepers and the force's introduction of cholera to the ...
World News in Brief: Half of Haiti’s displaced are children, alarm …
WEB5 days ago — World News in Brief: Half of Haiti’s displaced are children, alarm over low immunisation rates, aid to East Africa 2 October 2024 Peace and Security A breakdown in law and order and a wider humanitarian emergency across Haiti have displaced more than 700,000 people – one in two of them children – the UN migration office, IOM, said on ...