US and Canada send weapons to Haiti to help battle criminal gangs that have worsened humanitarian crisis in the Caribbean country
Equipment sent to Caribbean country will help it battle criminal gangs"fomenting violence and disrupting flow of critically needed humanitarian assistance," both countries say.
US and Canadian military aircraft have delivered tactical and armoured vehicles and other supplies to the Haitian National Police to help combat criminal gangs that have worsened a humanitarian crisis in Haiti. Haitians are experiencing catastrophic hunger because of gangsters blockading a major fuel terminal, UN officials said on Friday, with more than four million facing acute food insecurity.
The UN Security Council is considering creating a sanctions regime to impose an asset freeze, travel ban and arms embargo on anyone who threatens the peace, security or stability of Haiti, according to a draft resolution seen by the Reuters news agency on Thursday.
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