UNITED NATIONS (CMC) -The United Nations Support Office in Haiti (UNSOH) on Wednesday said it has met the timeline to provide the Gang Suppression Force (GSF) with full logistical and operational support, in accordance with UN Security Council resolution 2793.

Stéphane Dujarric, the spokesman for the Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, said that the mandated timeline of 1 February 2026 to assume full responsibility for the provision, on a cost recovery basis, of the standard range of mission support services to the UN Integrated Office in Haiti has also been met.

“Our Under-Secretary-General for Operational Support, Atul Khare, travelled to the Dominican Republic and Haiti this week to mark this successful achievement. Yesterday, Khare and Daniela Kroslak, head of the UN Support Office in Haiti, met with the Prime Minister of Haiti, Alix Didier Fils-Aimé, and also with Foreign Minister Raina Forbin,” Dujarric told the daily UN briefing.

He said that both Prime Minister Fils-Aimé and Forbin confirmed their intention to continue to work closely in partnership with the UN Support Office in Haiti throughout the design and construction phases.

Dujarric said that the UN Support Office in Haiti is now prepared to provide living and office accommodation, medical support and other key services to the GSF and that the Support Office has deployed two helicopters, which will provide the necessary mobility between Port-au-Prince and Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

He said a small office has also been established in Santo Domingo to provide back-office support to both UN entities in Haiti.

The GSF is a 5,500-member international mission scheduled to arrive in April to combat gang violence in Haiti. Replacing the Kenya-led MSS mission, the GSF aims to neutralise gangs, protect infrastructure, and support the Haitian National Police

Unlike previous missions, the GSF works in close coordination with both the Haitian National Police and the Armed Forces of Haiti (AFH) and is seen as a critical effort to curb the power of gangs that have brought life to a standstill in the French-speaking Caribbean Community (Caricom) country.