The United Nations Security Council has voted to expand an international security force deployed to Haiti and transform it into a so-called “Gang Suppression Force”. Permanent Security Council members China and Russia, along with rotating member Pakistan, abstained from the vote. Following the vote, Russian envoy Vassily Nebenzia said “the tools of international assistance to Haiti” previously approved by the Security Council had “failed to produce any sustainable results”. Rights observers have also offered tentative support for a renewed international mission to Haiti, with Human Rights Watch last week saying any operation must have reliable funding and human rights safeguards. Like the Kenyan-led mission, the new Gang Suppression Force will also mostly rely on often unpredictable voluntary contributions from UN members.