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.
- Since January 2022, armed violence in Haiti has claimed over 16,000 lives, highlighting a crisis described as a 'spiral of violence' by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk.
- The resolution allows the new force to conduct counter-gang operations independently or alongside the Haitian National Police, aiming to combat escalating gang violence that controls 90% of Port-au-Prince.
- Laurent Saint-Cyr, leader of Haiti's transitional presidential council, welcomed the Security Council's vote, stating it marks a decisive turning point in the fight against armed criminal groups destabilizing the nation.
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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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