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Guterres urges stronger UN role in police mission to Haiti

Men carry bundles and furniture as residents flee their homes to escape gang violence in the Delmas neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on February 25, 2025. [AFP]

Amid spiralling gang violence in Haiti, the United Nations should provide logistical and financial help to the multinational police mission there, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said, dismissing calls for immediately deploying peacekeepers.

In a letter to the Security Council, seen by AFP on Wednesday, the UN chief said that "at this stage, transitioning to a UN peacekeeping operation is not assessed as a feasible option."

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