Overview

• The draft would transition the Multinational Security Support mission into a renamed force authorized for up to 5,500 personnel and establish a U.N. Support Office in Port-au-Prince to provide full logistical backing, including rations, fuel, medical evacuation and drone surveillance.
• Council negotiations began Friday, with any resolution requiring at least nine votes and no vetoes from the United States, France, Britain, China or Russia.
• A new Standing Group of Partners — including the United States, Canada, Kenya, Jamaica, the Bahamas, El Salvador and Guatemala — would steer strategy and mobilize voluntary financing, and the Organization of American States is asked to assemble a targeted support package of supplies.
• The current Kenyan-led deployment remains below 1,000 personnel, well short of its 2,500 target, and has struggled to recover territory or secure key transit routes under a funding model based on voluntary contributions.
• U.N. leaders reported 1.3 million people displaced and six million in need of aid, UNICEF said children now comprise about 50% of gang members after a 700% surge in recruitment early this year, and Guterres urged tougher arms embargo enforcement as weapons largely flow from Florida; Haiti has also engaged private firm Vectus.