AGP Executive Report
Last update: 9 hours agoSecurity: The UN Security Council renewed Haiti sanctions for a year, including an arms embargo, in a 14-1 vote; Russia abstained. Sri Lanka sent 498 more personnel to the Gang Suppression Force, while a 50-member Bangladeshi advance team arrived ahead of a larger deployment. Election Politics: Former president Michel Martelly has provisionally registered as a presidential candidate. A revised electoral decree removed financial-screening requirements for candidates, drawing concern over the possibility of sanctioned figures entering politics. Gang Violence: Armed groups are expanding into rural areas, using roadblocks, kidnappings and raids; gang attacks in Gros-Morne displaced more than 10,000 people in late September and October. Government & Aid: Haiti’s finance minister pressed international partners in Bangkok to preserve grant and other concessional financing, while a $75 million UN fund allocation is set to aid 507,000 people facing violence and displacement.
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