President William Ruto has stated that he is open to convert the Haiti Mission into a full U.N. peacekeeping operation.
Ruto said this during a visit to Haiti to assess the progress of the Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission which Kenya is heading. The aim of the mission is to curb the ongoing gang violence that has lead to many years of mass displacement and political violence.
The mandate of the MSS mission was approved by the United Nations Security Council for a period of 1 year. It will expire at the start of October after which the suggestion of a U.N. peacekeeping operation can be adopted if possible.
At the beginning of September Reuters reported that the UN security council started drafting resolutions to extend the MSS mandate and there are plans for it to be connected into a full UN peacekeeping mission.
“On the suggestion to transit this into a fully U.N. Peacekeeping mission, we have absolutely no problem with it, if that is the direction the U.N. security council wants to take,” President William Ruto of Kenya said while in Port-au-Prince.
The United Nations sent out a report indicating that the MSS mandate will be renewed for another one year. The UN Security Council is scheduled to vote on September 30 in regards to the mandate renewal.
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The success of the mission has been questioned considering that there has been delays in deployments of personnel and crucial equipment needed in order to effectively fight the powerful gangs in Haiti.
According to the United Nations, the situation in Haiti is made worse by the fact that there are over 700,000 internally displaced persons in the country.
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