France, March 2 -- Amid intensifying gang violence and recent reports highlighting the disintegration of security in Haiti, the United Nations has called for urgent international support to stabilise the country.

United Nations secretary-general Antonio Guterres this week urged immediate and strategic assistance for Haiti, as brutal gang violence increases.

In a letter to the UN Security Council, Guterres outlined a new approach focusing on bolstering the multinational police mission in Haiti with logistical and financial aid, whiledismissing calls for the immediate deployment of peacekeepers.

Regarding a full UN peacekeeping force for Haiti, Guterres said such a move could only be considered "once significant progress has been made in...