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From · resolution motion· 27 Apr 2026

B-10-2026-0209

on escalating trafficking and exploitation by criminal groups in Haiti

To · resolution motion joint· 29 Apr 2026

RC-10-2026-0209

on escalating trafficking and exploitation by criminal groups in Haiti

AI:What changed, in short

The resolution now focuses on child trafficking and exploitation, adding specific calls for child protection and disarmament.1 It removes criticism of US policies and drone attacks, and adds demands for an arms embargo and sanctions.1 The text also calls for independent investigations into extrajudicial killings and halting deportations.1 Other changes are formal: the resolution becomes a joint motion and the date is updated.1

1 change of substance · 0 formal · 0 of wording only

Written by AI from the two texts only · read the changes before relying on it · 4 Sept 2026 · Report a problem

Changes to the text itself, in document order. Cover page, citations and punctuation-only edits are left out; they are under “Every difference”.

Changes of substance · 1

Change 1 Substance

AI summary:Replaces the preamble with new recitals A-F, adding details on gang violence, child trafficking, sexual violence, humanitarian crisis, and the GSF, while removing references to US aid cuts and drone attacks.

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Removed:Whereas Haiti’s political institutions remain paralyzed; whereas in 2025 the Security Council authorized the transformation of the Multinational Security Support Mission into the Gang Suppression Force (GSF); whereas these structures remain underfunded and understaffed;

Added:A. whereas Haiti faces a collapse of state authority, with gangs controlling large swathes of territory; whereas gangs commit extortion, kidnappings and killings, and drive hunger, displacement and widespread violence; whereas at least 5 519 people were killed and at least 1 571 women and girls were victims of sexual violence between March 2025 and January 2026;

Removed:Whereas by March 2026 over 5,500 homicides were recorded and 1.45 million people were internally displaced;

Added:B. whereas most gangs are involved in child trafficking; whereas child recruitment reportedly tripled in 2025; whereas children reportedly account for up to 50 % of gang members; whereas school closures have deprived 1.5 million children of education;

Removed:Whereas criminal gangs exploit the absence of state authority to impose violent parallel governance, including massacres and sexual violence, disproportionately affecting women and girls; whereas recent drone attacks by Haitian security forces have killed 1,243 people and injured 738, raising serious concerns over civilian harm and accountability;

Added:C. whereas gangs use sexual violence to intimidate and control, disproportionately affecting women and girls;

Removed:Whereas around 26 gangs operate in Port-au-Prince, involving up to 50% children among their members, who are recruited, trafficked, and forced into criminal and sexual exploitation;

Added:D. whereas the humanitarian situation has reached unprecedented levels, with 1.45 million people displaced and over half the population facing acute food insecurity and a severely underfunded response;

Removed:Regrets that cuts to US humanitarian aid and reduced UN funding have left the humanitarian response severely underfunded, while restrictive measures by the Donald Trump administration—including attempts to end Temporary Protected Status for Haitians—have further exacerbated vulnerabilities; regrets continued deportations to Haiti without reintegration support;

Added:E. whereas transnational crime, illicit arms flows, drug trafficking and money laundering fuel gang violence, trafficking and exploitation in Haiti;

Removed:Calls on Haitians authorities to prioritize justice, ensure redress, humanitarian assistance, and implement coordinated security measures, while taking concrete steps to fight impunity and hold those responsible for violations and abuses accountable

Added:F. whereas on 30 September 2025, the UN Security Council transformed the Multinational Security Support into the Gang Suppression Force (GSF), which remains underfunded and understaffed;

Removed:Condemns killings and extrajudicial executions during police operations and calls for an assessment of EU support to the Haitian National Police ;

Added:1. Strongly condemns the escalating violence perpetrated by criminal groups, the trafficking, recruitment and exploitation, including sexual exploitation, of children, and the forced displacement of civilians;

Removed:Urges authorities to strengthen social protection, ensure safe education, expand psychosocial care, and combat child trafficking and exploitation through better protection, accountability, and victim support; calls for timely, survivor-centered care, increased humanitarian funding, and support for displaced people and reintegration of deportees;

Added:2. Calls for a disarmament, dismantlement and reintegration policy, also for children; stresses that children must not be criminalised for acts committed as a direct consequence of their exploitation, but recognised and assisted as victims; calls for access to medical care and legal protection for survivors of sexual violence and exploitation;

Removed:Supports the rollout of specialized judicial units to prosecute mass crimes, including sexual violence, improve detention conditions, and advance justice reforms;

Added:3. Calls on the Haitian authorities to prevent child trafficking by strengthening social protection, ensuring safe education, expanding psychosocial care and developing reintegration programmes, ensuring rights-based pathways out of violence;

Removed:Calls on the EU to support a national Disarmament, Dismantlement, and Reintegration (DDR) policy—including reactivating the National DDR Commission—and to fund demobilization, reintegration, and reconciliation programs, particularly for children formerly associated with armed or criminal groups, ensuring rights-based pathways out of violence;

Added:4. Calls on the Haitian authorities to prioritise justice, ensure redress, fight impunity, investigate all crimes committed by criminal groups in fair and credible proceedings, and operationalise specialised judicial capacity accordingly; calls for independent investigations into alleged extrajudicial killings;

Removed:Calls for sustained, predictable international support for the GSF, including funding, personnel, and technical assistance to strengthen security and state institutions in Haiti; urges the EU to ensure human rights safeguards in GSF operations through stronger monitoring, reporting, and accountability, with focus on preventing sexual violence, involving Haitian civil society, and ensuring prompt, impartial investigations of abuses; stresses that the GSF must remain effective, transparently governed, respectful of Haitian sovereignty, and attentive to the root causes of instability;

Added:5. Calls for the EU, its Member States and international partners to strengthen support for child protection, rehabilitation and reintegration, survivor services, judicial and prosecutorial capacity, and Haitian civil society;

Removed:Calls on the EU to increase well-monitored humanitarian and development aid and adopt a coherent long-term strategy supporting security, development, political transition and civil society participation;

Added:6. Notes the reductions in USAID and UN funding; calls for the EU and its Member States to increase humanitarian support, including protection and healthcare for victims of trafficking and sexual exploitation; urges host countries to halt deportations to Haiti;

Removed:Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and the Haitian authorities.

Added:7. Calls for the EU and its Member States to provide sustained support for the GSF, ensuring robust human rights and accountability safeguards;

Added:8. Demands full implementation of the UN arms embargo; urges the EU and its Member States to intensify efforts to curb illicit arms and financial flows to Haiti, including through judicial cooperation and border monitoring, and continue imposing targeted sanctions;