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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Edith M. Lederer

UN to vote on sanctions to curb violence, crime in Haiti

Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved

The United Nations Security Council is expected to vote Wednesday afternoon on a resolution that would demand an immediate end to violence and criminal activity in Haiti and impose sanctions on influential gang leader Jimmy Cherizier, nicknamed “Barbecue.”

The resolution would also impose sanctions on other Haitian individuals and groups who engage in actions that threaten the peace, security or stability of the Western Hemisphere’s poorest country, according to the final draft obtained by The Associated Press.

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