By Michelle Nichols

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -The United States sought to build support at the United Nations on Monday for the expansion of an international force to tackle Haiti’s armed gangs, building on a Kenyan-led mission that Kenyan President William Ruto said has struggled with staffing and logistics.

Armed gangs have taken control of almost all of Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince in a conflict that has forced some 1.3 million people from their homes, killed thousands of people and fueled famine-level hunger.

At an event organized by the U.S. and Kenya on the sidelines of the annual U.N. gathering of world leaders, Ruto said the 15-month-old force – known as the Multinational Security Support mission – had been operating at only 40% of the expected strength of 2,500 security perso

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