The U.N. Security Council met in an urgent session on Monday to deal with the gang violence that has enveloped Haiti.
The Caribbean nation has been dealing with what the U.N. called"catastrophic" hunger, as access to water and gas have been cut off by Haitian gang leader Jimmy"Barbeque" Cherizier and a growing cholera outbreak continues.
According to the U.N., a record 4.7 million people are currently facing acute hunger. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the World Food Program said that an"unrelenting series of crises has trapped vulnerable Haitians in a cycle of growing desperation, without access to food, fuel, markets, jobs and public services, bringing the country to a standstill."
Thomas-Greenfield said that Haiti is facing"extreme violence and instability" adding that the country's leaders and the Haitian people"are crying for help." Jean Victor Geneus, Haiti's foreign minister, called on the U.N."to urgently consider the request from the government [for a multinational force] so as to help us face the crisis."
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