Pakistan, Aug. 30 -- Pakistan urged the UN Security Council on Friday to rapidly deploy international support to Haiti following a brutal gang massacre of at least 47 people-including children hiding in a church-near Port-au-Prince, the strife-torn Caribbean country's capital.

"Regrettably, the situation in Haiti has seen little improvement," Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, permanent representative of Pakistan to the UN, told the 15-member Council which met in emergency on the recent developments in Haiti.

"The latest incident is a grim and stark reminder of the long drawn precarious security situation faced by the Haitian people with atrocious attacks by gangs targeting the civilians that disproportionately affect women and children."...