Haiti's presidential transition head, Edgard Leblanc Fils, backed the U.S. government's push for a formal U.N. peacekeeping mission in the country, before calling for a "global solidarity" during his speech at the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday.
Haiti's struggle with armed gang violence has forced many residents to migrate to other countries for a better life. U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres has previously called Haiti's crisis "a human tragedy with a very well-known history."
