The United Nations Security Council voted to authorize a security mission that would guard critical infrastructure such as airports, ports, schools, hospitals and key traffic intersections and carry out targeted operations along with the Haitian National Police.
The Council voted 13 in favor of the resolution, with two abstentions. The resolution's passing marked an increasingly rare moment when the Council was able to act.
The idea for the Security Council to deploy a multinational force to Haiti was proposed by Antonio Guterres, secretary general of the United Nations, in the aftermath of the breakdown of law and order in the country and gangs taking over ports and fuel depots, said U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric on Monday.
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