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The UN Security Council adopted a resolution on Friday that strengthens current sanctions on Haiti, extending them for a year, in order to mitigate persistent organized gang violence in the country.
The resolution aimed to reinforce the current territorial arms embargo against Haiti and cut gang-access to weapons and ammunition. The action introduced new measures, such as heightened obligations on arms stockpile management and a process through which to dispose of illegally obtained arms.
Previous UN efforts, including measures to tighten the embargo in 2024, have not led to desired results. According to a recent report on the progress of the sanctions regime, the “illicit procurement of weapons and ammunition by gangs…continued unabated during the reporting period.” The implementation of the embargo has remained “challenging” due to gang-control of strategic positions within the country.
Initially passed as Resolution 2653, the Security Council unanimously adopted the sanctions regime in 2022 as the country experienced economic struggles and civilian security issues in the Port-au-Prince metropolitan area. Initially, sanctions included measures such as travel bans and a targeted arms embargo, which prohibited the sale of “arms and related material of all types” to designated individuals.
However, after implementation Haiti experienced a “sharp rise in killings kidnapping and sexual violence at the hands of criminal groups in Port-au-Prince” in 2023. As gangs seized control of critical infrastructure and agricultural supply chain-points, the UN warned that millions of Haitians faced severe food insecurity. The situation led the UN to authorize a multinational security mission to “quell gang violence” and extend sanctions for another year.
Continuing sanctions, however, did not significantly mitigate surging violence in 2024. During the 57th session of the Human Rights Council, experts reported that, in the first half of 2024, criminal organizations committed roughly 2,500 killings, 1,200 assaults, and 900 kidnappings in the country. Further, around 580,000 individuals had been displaced as a consequence of gang-controlled territories becoming uninhabitable. According to Human Rights Watch, lacking economic and agricultural resources led to a rise in children joining gangs. In response, sanctions were renewed in 2024.
The gradual decline of stability within the country has continued in 2025. According to the UN Integrated Office in Haiti, criminal organization activity has spread outside of the Port-au-Price area and into rural areas with minimal state presence. Noting a lack of progress and urgency, on September 30 the Security Council implemented a novel multinational Gang Suppression Force aimed at replacing the current multinational security mission.
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The resolution aimed to reinforce the current territorial arms embargo against Haiti and cut gang-access to weapons and ammunition. The action introduced new measures, such as heightened obligations on arms stockpile management and a process through which to dispose of illegally obtained arms.
Previous UN efforts, including measures to tighten the embargo in 2024, have not led to desired results. According to a recent report on the progress of the sanctions regime, the “illicit procurement of weapons and ammunition by gangs…continued unabated during the reporting period.” The implementation of the embargo has remained “challenging” due to gang-control of strategic positions within the country.
Initially passed as Resolution 2653, the Security Council unanimously adopted the sanctions regime in 2022 as the country experienced economic struggles and civilian security issues in the Port-au-Prince metropolitan area. Initially, sanctions included measures such as travel bans and a targeted arms embargo, which prohibited the sale of “arms and related material of all types” to designated individuals.
However, after implementation Haiti experienced a “sharp rise in killings kidnapping and sexual violence at the hands of criminal groups in Port-au-Prince” in 2023. As gangs seized control of critical infrastructure and agricultural supply chain-points, the UN warned that millions of Haitians faced severe food insecurity. The situation led the UN to authorize a multinational security mission to “quell gang violence” and extend sanctions for another year.
Continuing sanctions, however, did not significantly mitigate surging violence in 2024. During the 57th session of the Human Rights Council, experts reported that, in the first half of 2024, criminal organizations committed roughly 2,500 killings, 1,200 assaults, and 900 kidnappings in the country. Further, around 580,000 individuals had been displaced as a consequence of gang-controlled territories becoming uninhabitable. According to Human Rights Watch, lacking economic and agricultural resources led to a rise in children joining gangs. In response, sanctions were renewed in 2024.
The gradual decline of stability within the country has continued in 2025. According to the UN Integrated Office in Haiti, criminal organization activity has spread outside of the Port-au-Price area and into rural areas with minimal state presence. Noting a lack of progress and urgency, on September 30 the Security Council implemented a novel multinational Gang Suppression Force aimed at replacing the current multinational security mission.
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