Kenya backs Haiti’s call for peacekeeping mission, advisor says

Nov 20 (Reuters) – A top Kenyan security advisor said on Wednesday that her nation backs calls from Haiti for the United Nations to consider turning a current international security mission in the Caribbean nation into a formal U.N. peacekeeping mission.

Monica Juma, Kenya’s presidential national security advisor, told a U.N. Security Council meeting that Kenya, which is leading the current mission, believed a formal peacekeeping mission could bring more resources to confront an escalating gang conflict.

The current mission has deployed just a fraction of troops pledged by a handful of countries and less than $100 million in its dedicated fund, while gangs have continued to make gains. (Reporting by Sarah Morland; Editing by Brendan O’Boyle)

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