The U.N. Security Council has voted unanimously to extend the mandate of the Kenya-led multinational force trying to tackle gang violence in Haiti, after brushing off a call from Haiti’s government to start talks on transforming it into a U.

The UN Security Council has extended its authorisation of the Kenya-led multinational policing mission to Haiti, but without any call to transform it into a full UN peacekeeping mission. The resolution,

The UN extended its authorization of a multinational policing mission in Haiti on Monday amid reports of thousands of deaths due to gang violence this year and rising levels of acute hunger in the country.