A Kenyan-led police force trying to restore order in gang-ridden Haiti should be turned into a UN peacekeeping mission, the United States said Wednesday, pressing an idea opposed by China and Russia.
"The current force is under-staffed and under-equipped as it takes on Haiti's powerful, well-armed gangs, and shifting to a formal UN mission would provide more money, personnel and logistical support", said Dorothy Shea, the deputy US ambassador to the United Nations.
The United States is confident that this Council can once again come together to evolve our response to the crisis in Haiti and determine the appropriate mandate of a potential peacekeeping operation to effectively address the current context and learn from past lessons and avoid harm and repeating of mistakes, She added.
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