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UN to vote on resolution to authorize one-year deployment of armed force to help Haiti fight gangs

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By DÁNICA COTO and EDITH M. LEDERER
Associated Press

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The U.N. Security Council is scheduling a vote for Monday on a resolution that would authorize a one-year deployment of an international force to help Haiti quell a surge in gang violence and restore security so the troubled Caribbean nation can hold long-delayed elections. The U.S.-drafted resolution obtained by The Associated Press on Saturday welcomes Kenya’s offer to lead the multinational security force. It makes clear this would be a non-U.N. force funded by voluntary contributions. The resolution would authorize the force for one year, with a review after nine months.

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