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US Freeze on Funds for UN Mission in Haiti Will Not Affect Operations, Kenyan Gov't Says
US Freeze on Funds for UN Mission in Haiti Will Not Affect Operations, Kenyan Gov't Says
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - On Tuesday, UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said that the UN received a notification from Washington, asking to freeze the US contribution... 06.02.2025, Sputnik Africa
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The decision of the United States to freeze the funding for the UN Multinational Security Support Mission (MSS) in Haiti will not affect its operations, Kenyan government spokesperson Isaac Mwaura said on Wednesday. The US has allocated a total of $15 million to the Haiti mission, $1.7 of which has already been spent, and the remaining $13.3 million is currently frozen, UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said on Tuesday, adding that this would immediately affect the mission's operations.The MSS is financed through the UN Trust Fund for Haiti, which can cover the mission's financial needs until September 2025; despite the US freeze, the spokesman also said, adding that a number of countries, including Canada, Turkey, Spain, France, Italy and Algeria, vowed in late 2024 to raise money for the mission as well. Haiti has been struggling for years to contain gang violence, which was exacerbated following the assassination of President Jovenel Moise in July 2021. A transitional council was created in April 2024 after armed groups made Prime Minister Garry Conille's predecessor, Ariel Henry, resign, but it came into disrepute in October 2024 after several of its members were accused of corruption.
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US Freeze on Funds for UN Mission in Haiti Will Not Affect Operations, Kenyan Gov't Says
08:51 06.02.2025 (Updated: 11:22 06.02.2025) MOSCOW (Sputnik) - On Tuesday, UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said that the UN received a notification from Washington, asking to freeze the US contribution to the mission in accordance with President Donald Trump's 90-day pause on foreign aid.
The decision of the United States to freeze the funding for the UN Multinational
Security Support Mission (MSS) in Haiti will not affect its operations, Kenyan government spokesperson Isaac Mwaura said on Wednesday.
"The claims that the US funding freeze for the Kenya-led Haiti MSS will jeopardize the operations are false and lack any factual basis," Mwaura said in a statement.
The US has allocated a total of $15 million to the Haiti mission, $1.7 of which has already been spent, and the remaining $13.3 million is currently frozen, UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said on Tuesday, adding that this would immediately affect the mission's operations.
The MSS is financed through the UN Trust Fund for Haiti, which can cover the mission's financial needs until September 2025; despite the US freeze, the spokesman also said, adding that a number of countries, including Canada, Turkey, Spain, France, Italy and Algeria, vowed in late 2024 to raise money for the mission as well.
Haiti has been struggling for years to contain
gang violence, which was exacerbated following the assassination of President Jovenel Moise in July 2021. A transitional council was created in April 2024 after armed groups made Prime Minister Garry Conille's predecessor, Ariel Henry, resign, but it came into disrepute in October 2024 after several of its members were accused of corruption.
