UN vote on foreign police mission to Haiti set for Monday

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations Security Council is set to vote on Monday to approve the deployment of foreign police ...

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It was not immediately clear how China and Russia - which are veto powers along with the United States, France and Britain - would vote on the U.S.-drafted resolution. Diplomats said they are wary of authorizing the blanket use of force and want to expand a targeted U.N. arms embargo to include all gangs.

Guterres has urged countries, particularly in the Americas,"to continue to build on this new momentum."

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