UN envoy calls for improved security in Haiti to promote political progress

A section of the armed gang members patrol streets in Haiti's Capital. [Courtesy]

The top UN envoy for Haiti on Monday stressed the need for improved security in the country to allow for further political progress.

In her briefing to the Security Council, Maria Isabel Salvador, the UN secretary-general's special representative for Haiti, welcomed the recent political progress in Haiti, especially the establishment of the Transitional Presidential Council (TPC).