The UN Security Council adopted a resolution on Friday that strengthens current sanctions on Haiti, extending them for a year, in order to mitigate persistent organized gang violence in the country.

The resolution aimed to reinforce the current territorial arms embargo against Haiti and cut gang-access to weapons and ammunition. The action introduced new measures, such as heightened obligations on arms stockpile management and a process through which to dispose of illegally obtained arms.

Previous UN efforts, including measures to tighten the embargo in 2024, have not led to desired results. According to a recent report on the progress of the sanctions regime, the “illicit procurement of weapons and ammunition by gangs…continued unabated during the reporting period.” The implementation

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