DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

The UN Security Council on Tuesday, 30 September 2025 authorized a new multinational Gang Suppression Force (GSF) in Haiti to replace the Kenyan-led Multinational Security Support Mission (MSS), amid escalating gang violence, widespread rights abuses and a humanitarian emergency affecting all aspects of life in the island nation.

The resolution – co-penned by Panama and the United States, and backed by dozens of countries in the region and beyond – was adopted by a vote of 12 in favor, with three abstentions from China, Pakistan, and Russia.

President Abinader had advanced during his 29 September 2025 press conference that the Kenyan force could be extended to December after which a new UN mission would be sent.

The GSF expands the international security force in Haiti from around 700 to 5,500 men. What is different this time, in addition to the larger contingent, is that...