UNITED NATIONS -- The Security Council has voted unanimously to extend the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Haiti for a year, saying the situation in the impoverished Caribbean nation still constitutes a threat to international peace and security despite recent progress.

The resolution adopted Tuesday by the council will maintain the current mission's force level of about 9,000 troops and police.

But the council agreed to Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's recommendation to reconfigure the force so it can deploy rapidly and monitor remote locations. That means the number of troops will be reduced by 120 to 6,940 and the number of police will be increased by 120 officers to 2,211.

While the Security Council acknowledged some improvements in security in the last year, it said the security situation remains fragile.

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