At a meeting of the UN Security Council arranged on Wednesday at their request, China and Russia expressed their opposition to transforming the Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission in Haiti into a UN peacekeeping mission.

HaitiLibre.com

Representatives for both countries alleged that conditions on the ground would expose peacekeepers to great security risks, with China's Geng Shuang calling for the council to focus on enable the MSS to fulfill its recently renewed mandate.

United Nations

This comes as Ecuador and the US put a revised draft resolution to convert the mission under Kenya's leadership to a blue helmet operation under silence procedure last week. Last month, Haiti requested that change in a letter to the UNSC.

Security Council Report

Reuters

The Haitian Times

Al Jazeera

At a meeting of the UN Security Council on Wednesday, China and Russia expressed their opposition to transforming the Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission in Haiti into a UN peacekeeping mission.

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China, Russia Oppose New UN Peacekeeping Mission in Haiti

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