Amid runaway gang violence and crumbling state authority, the Security Council on Monday unanimously extended the mandate of ...

The United Nations Security Council on Monday extended the mandate of its political mission in Haiti, agreeing that the ...

Haiti is preparing for a new government after its prime minister agreed to step down over spiraling gang violence, but a planned UN-backed stability mission has floundered after lead-nation Kenya ...

The mandate supports the broader Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission, in which Kenya is playing a leading role.

Head of the UN Ban Ki-moon finds reasons for optimism in the Caribbean island long associated with political violence and extreme… Head of the UN Ban Ki-moonfinds reasons for optimism in the ...

The Kenyan mission to the UN did not respond to a request for comment. While the UN mulls a multinational force, gang leaders in Haiti have vowed to battle any foreign troops, if they commit abuses.

As of November 30, 2009, the UN's mission in Haiti consisted of 7,031 peacekeeping forces, 2,034 UN police, 488 international civilian staffers, 214 UN volunteers and 1,212 local civilian staffers.

The gang violence in Haiti shows no sign of slowing down. Last week, an estimated 27 000 people were displaced from their ...

The UN peacekeepers are to be immediately replaced by a security force of about 1,300 international police officers, known as the United Nations Mission for Justice Support in Haiti (MINUJUSTH).

Kenya-led UN security mission to intervene in Haiti, at the request of the US. The Security Council on Monday approved the dispatch of a multinational force to Haiti.

Hiati: The UN peacekeeping mission to Haiti was shaken yesterday by the apparent suicide of the Brazilian head of the UN force there, Lieut Gen Urano Teixeira da Matta Bacellar. Gen Bacellar (58 ...

UN mission details deadly attacks in Haiti's capital and questions government's delayed response A new report by the U.N. political mission in Haiti says more than 260 people were killed during ...