PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, Jun 27, CMC – The head of the Kenya-led Multinational Security Support Mission (MSS) in Haiti, Godfrey Otunge, has called on countries to support the initiative, one year after troops on the African country landed here.
“As a new model, funded by voluntary partners, the mission faces challenges, including funding, personnel and logistics, that are being addressed to enable the mission to achieve its objectives on schedule,”Otunge said of the United Nations Security Council backed mission.
According to the United Nations, gang violence has displaced an estimated 1.3 million people from their homes, fueling hunger and insecurity, while hospitals have shut their doors, and much of the economy, judicial system and government remain paralysed.
Despite the lack of resources, Otunge said on Thursday that the mission had managed to establish two key strategic bases in the Artibonite department, the area outside the capital worst-hit by the violence.
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