The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations has traveled to Haiti to meet leaders of the new transitional government and the Kenyan police who are the vanguard of a U.N.-backed force meant to help curb widespread gang violence. A senior U.S.
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield , second right, steps off a U.S. Air Force plane upon arrival in Port-au-Prince, Haiti , Monday, July 22, 2024. Thomas-Greenfield is scheduled to hold talks with the country’s transitional presidential council and new Prime Minister Garry Conille during the day-long trip. U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield , waves upon arrival in Port-au-Prince, Haiti , Monday, July 22, 2024.
In a signal of support for the U.N. mission to Haiti and the Kenyan police, Thomas-Greenfield will visit the police force’s living complex and meet Conille, members of the transitional presidential council and U.N. and civil society representatives.
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