It extended the Kenyan-led policing mission, which is seeking to assist the Haitian National Police in taking back control of areas under gang control, until October 2, 2025.

Edgard Leblanc Fils, the head of a transitional council governing Haiti, told the UN General Assembly last week that he “would like to see a thought being given to transforming the security support mission into a peacekeeping mission under the mandate of the United Nations”.

Such a move would allow it to raise necessary funds, he said, echoing a recent US proposal.

But Washington’s push to transform the police deployment into a UN peacekeeping mission was dropped from Monday’s UN Security Council resolution due to opposition from Russia and China.

Many Haitians also remain wary of UN interventions, saying past deployments have brought more harm than good.