Multinational Security Support Mission

… RIORATION AND THE GSF TRANSITION CREDIBILITY GAP ANALYTICAL BODY The Kenyan-led Multinational Security Support mission departed Haiti on April 28 2026 following a tenure the Haitian Times characterized as ending in failure. Fundin …

… President Abinader has publicly pledged to accelerate transition from the Multinational Security Support Mission to the Gang Suppression Force. The April 17 CODEVI diplomatic meeting produced an airspace reopening effective …

… a third consecutive Haiti mission credibility crisis within 18 months of MSS withdrawal. One Actionable Insight The Chérizier federal indictment of June 17 has removed negotiated settlement as a p …

… in weapons flows to Haiti. International security partners engaged with the Multinational Security Support mission in Haiti should formally communicate to the DR government that sustained deportation operations into active gan …

… GAP ANALYTICAL BODY The Gang Suppression Force formally replaced the Kenyan-led Multinational Security Support mission after the final MSS contingent departed Port-au-Prince on approximately April 28, 2026. The UN Security Council …

… will provide humanitarian and logistical support for the transition from the Multinational Security Support mission to a successor gang suppression force. No timeline or operational definition of that support has been provided …

… Support mission after an operational period widely assessed as a failure. The MSS never exceeded approximately 1,000 of its planned 2,500 personnel ceiling, was chronically underfunded by international …

… Gang Suppression Force in Haiti in April 2026 marks a qualitative shift in the multinational security support architecture for Haiti, though its operational effectiveness remains unproven and contested. The DR has confined its co …