UN Security Council Renews Haiti Sanctions, Tightens Arms Embargo and Names Two for Asset Freeze

Overview

• Resolution 2794 (2025) was unanimously adopted on 17 October, extending Haiti’s sanctions regime for one year and reinforcing travel-ban, asset-freeze and arms-embargo measures.
• The Council extended the mandate of the Panel of Experts for 13 months to support monitoring and implementation under the Haiti sanctions committee established in 2022.
• Two individuals were newly designated for travel bans and asset freezes: Dimitri Herard, linked to arms trafficking and support to the Ti Bwa gang, and Kempes Sanon, identified as the Bel Air gang leader tied to extortion, kidnappings and illicit taxation.
• Acting under Chapter VII, the resolution directs Member States to strengthen border controls and support Haitian weapons and ammunition management to prevent illicit trafficking and diversion.
• The move complements the recently authorized Gang Suppression Force replacing the Kenyan-led MSS, as the US and Panama pressed for more listings and several delegations criticized the absence of explicit references to sexual and gender-based violence; Haiti welcomed the action and said cases will proceed under national law.