OTTAWA, Sept 23 (Reuters) – Canada will provide C$60 million ($43.35 million) in funding to support stability in Haiti, Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand announced at the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Tuesday.
The funding includes C$40 million for the multinational security support mission in Haiti and C$20 million for a regional maritime security initiative to bolster capacity to address the growing threat of transnational organized crime in Haiti and the Caribbean region, the Canadian foreign ministry said in a statement.
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Armed gangs have taken control of almost all Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince in an extended conflict that has forced some 1.3 million people from their homes, killed thousands and fueled famine-level hunger.
($1 = 1.3840 Canadian dollars)
Reporting by Ismail Shakil in Ottawa
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