Haiti, allies rally behind new gang suppression force despite concerns

Overview: The UN Security Council's approval of Resolution UNSCR 2793 (2025) to create a Gang Suppression Force (GSF) in Haiti received widespread support. Haitian authorities hailed it as a key step against gang violence, while civil society...

Hoping for a ‘clean Christmas,’ Cap-Haïtien youth take on trash near airport | PHOTOS

Overview: The following is a series of photos showing young people cleaning a road near Hugo Chavez Cap-Haïtien International Airport during Okap Pwòp or Clean Cap-Haïtien. Okap Pwòp was a three-day street cleaning event organized by the social...

CARICOM Statement | Adoption Of UN Security Council Resolution 2793 on Haiti

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) welcomes the adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 2793 that will transition the Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission into a Gang Suppression Force (GSF) with a more robust UN-authorised mandate. This...

Comment on STATEMENT: CARICOM adoption of UN Security Council resolution 2793 on Haiti by Ibo France

Home >> News CARICOM Communications - Thursday, October 2nd, 2025 at 9:02 AM The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) welcomes the adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 2793 that will transition the Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission into...

Kenya Welcomes United Nations Security Council’s Decision to Transition Haiti Mission to Gang Suppression Force

On Thursday, October 2, 2025, Kenya expressed strong support for the United Nations Security Council’s unanimous decision to transition the leadership of a critical security mission in Haiti from the Kenya-led Multinational Security Support (MSS)...

PAHO/WHO and Haiti sign a new Cooperation Strategy

Haiti - Health : PAHO/WHO and Haiti sign a new Cooperation Strategy 02/10/2025 09:25:06 On Wednesday, October 1, 2025, on the sidelines of the 62nd PAHO Directing Council during a bilateral meeting at the Organization's headquarters in Washington,...

Haiti on the brink: violence cuts off capital, pushing families towards starvation amidst cuts to humanitarian assistance

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned today that rising violence by armed groups in Haiti’s capital is restricting humanitarian access and pushing families deeper into hunger as extreme funding shortfalls...

Fighting back against the gangs: What is Haiti’s new UN-backed force?

© UNICEF/Ralph Tedy Erol People continue to flee their homes in Port-au-Prince due to gang-related violence. This article is published in association with United Nations. As gangs in Haiti continue to expand the areas under their control and show...

Haiti’s Hunger Crisis: Artibonite’s Fields Turn to Fear as Gangs Tighten Their Grip

In Haiti’s fertile Artibonite Valley, once celebrated for its rice fields and proud farming traditions, armed gangs now dictate who eats and who starves. Families like that of Fleuranta Cilné survive on handouts, trapped between violence and...

Lawmakers call for Haitian‑led policies and economic opportunities amid serious challenges in U.S. and Haiti

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Abinader appeals to Russia and China for support in Haiti crisis response

Santo Domingo.- President Luis Abinader has sent separate letters to Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping, seeking their support for the Multinational Security Support Mission (MSS) in Haiti, recently approved by the...

Drew Champions Climate Justice at United Nations

UNITED NATIONS – Prime Minister The Hon. Dr. Terrance Drew delivered a compelling address at the 80th United Nations General Assembly on September 27, 2025, urging global leaders to prioritize climate justice for small island nations like St....

From Haiti to Ivy League halls, two scholars turn rivalry into a mission for change

Overview: Two Haitian students — Gil Sander Joseph, a Knight-Hennessy Scholar at Stanford, and Wilhem Hector, a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford — share how a teenage rivalry in Port-au-Prince middle school classrooms grew into a lifelong friendship that...

CARICOM applauds UN ’s new resolution on Haiti

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) welcomes the adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 2793 that will transition the Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission into a Gang Suppression Force (GSF) with a more robust UN-authorised mandate. This...

PAHO and Haiti sign first country cooperation strategy to strengthen health system and expand access to care amid complex challenges

Washington, D.C., 1 October 2025 (PAHO) – The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) and the Government of Haiti signed the 2026–2028 Country Cooperation Strategy (CCS), the first cooperation framework of its kind...

Jane Goodall, renowned for chimpanzee research and environmental advocacy, has died at 91

Jane Goodall, the conservationist renowned for her groundbreaking chimpanzee field research and globe-spanning environmental advocacy, has died. She was 91. The Jane Goodall Institute said in post on Instagram Wednesday that the renowned...

U.S. Embassy in Haiti responds to UN resolution approval

Haiti.- The U.S. Embassy in Haiti praised UN Security Council Resolution 2793, which creates a new Gang Suppression Force (GSF), responding to statements by Haitian leaders Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé and Transitional Presidential Council...

Haiti, Caricom welcome UN Security Council resolution on Haiti

A man gestures toward armed members of the military in a pickup truck as protesters make their way to the Villa d'Accueil to demand increased security from the government, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on April 2, 2025. (Photo: AFP) UNITED NATIONS,...

Caricom backs UN’s resolution to restore peace in Haiti

CARICOM has thrown its support behind a United Nations resolution aimed at restoring peace in Haiti. The UN Security Council Resolution for a UN Support Office and Gang Suppression Force (GSF) in Haiti, co-written by Panama and the United States,...

iciHaiti - OAS/PNH : Institutional cooperation strengthening

iciHaiti - OAS/PNH : Institutional cooperation strengthening 02/10/2025 09:33:19 On Wednesday, October 1st, 2025, as part of the strengthening of institutional cooperation, Vladimir Paraison, Acting Commander-in-Chief of the Haitian National...