The U.N. Security Council has voted unanimously to extend the mandate of the Kenya-led multinational force trying to tackle gang violence in Haiti, after brushing off a call from Haiti’s government to start talks on transforming it into a U.

The trip by President William Ruto of Kenya came against a bleak backdrop in Haiti, where gangs operate with impunity and the Kenyan peacekeepers remain largely out of sight.

The UN Security Council has extended its authorisation of the Kenya-led multinational policing mission to Haiti, but without any call to transform it into a full UN peacekeeping mission, as requested by Port-au-Prince.