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The Multinational Security Support (MSS) Mission in Haiti is an international police and military force approved by the United Nations Security Council on 2 October 2023 to assist the government of Haiti in restoring law and order amid worsening civil strife and gang violence since 2018.
The Haitian National Police (PNH; French: Police Nationale d'Haïti, lit. 'National Police of Haiti') is the law enforcement and de facto police force of Haiti. It was created in 1995 to bring public security under civilian control as mandated in Haiti's constitution. [2] As of 2023, the force has 9,000 active duty officers. [3]
The military is expected to work with Haiti’s police and a U.N.-backed mission led by Kenya, which has sent some 400 police officers to Haiti so far to help quell gang violence. Police and ...
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haiti's national police force will take charge of a much-awaited U.N.-backed security mission set to launch by the end of this month, Haiti's transition council said on ...
Even though mostly composed by military forces—the recruitment of large numbers of foreign police officers has proven difficult—the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti is a police mission of the United Nations dispatched to a country facing uncontained violence stemming from political unrest and from common criminals. [98]
The deployment could signal other countries will deploy to support Kenyan police already in the Caribbean nation as part of a "multinational support mission" requested by Haiti, with the U.N.'s ...
Approximately 200 Kenyan police officers and support staff arrive in Haiti as part of the first contingent of a United Nations-backed Multinational Security Support mission.
A Haitian National Police officer. Other than the temporary United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) force, the Haitian National Police (Police Nationale d'Haïti, PNH) is the only security force in Haiti following the disbandment of the Haitian military. [1]