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UN Security Council expands Haiti arms embargo

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The United Nations Security Council voted unanimously on Friday to expand an arms embargo on Haiti as the impoverished Caribbean nation struggles to wrest control from powerful gangs. 


All 15 members voted for the resolution, which calls for U.N. member states to block shipments of "arms and related materiel of all types" from entering Haiti.   


A previous embargo targeted only small arms and ammunition. 


The resolution, drafted by Ecuador and the United States, also includes a...