Overview

• The United States and Panama pressed the Security Council to approve a 5,550-strong police-and-military deployment, a plan endorsed by Laurent Saint-Cyr.
• The Kenyan-led Multinational Security Mission has about 1,000 personnel on the ground, far short of the 2,500 initially envisioned, with mixed results reported.
• The mission’s UN trust fund holds roughly $112 million, about 14% of the estimated $800 million needed annually.
• UN data for January through June show more than 3,100 people killed and 1,189 injured, with displacement exceeding 1.3 million and severe hunger expected for over half the population.
• Saint-Cyr detailed hospitals vandalized or burned, doctors fleeing, and widespread sexual violence, warning that criminal networks pose an unprecedented regional threat.