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Port au Prince, Oct.3.– The United Nations Security Council voted yesterday to send troops to quell the brutal gang violence that has engulfed the Caribbean nation of Haiti.
Jeffrey DeLaurentis, the envoy from the United States, which co-sponsored the resolution, said that the council "had made history" by approving this new kind of multinational force.
The force will be led by 1,000 Kenyan police officers and funded by voluntary contributions from member states, including a $100m pledge from the US.
Jamaica, the Bahamas, Antigua and Barbuda have also offered to send security personnel. The force will operate under a Security Council mandate ...
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