HAVANA, April 14 (Xinhuanet) -- A UN soldier from the Philippines was shot dead Thursday in a neighborhood of Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince during a clash between UN troops and local gangs, UN officials said.

    The clash occurred when the UN troops prepared to set up an observation post at the entrance of a slum, said reports reaching here.

    The soldier was the third peacekeeper to be killed during the year-old UN mission in Haiti.

    The other two, one from Sri Lanka and one from Nepal, were killed in March in two respective attacks by Haitians. The UN Security Council has condemned "with the utmost firmness" the killing of the UN personnel.

    It also called on the transitional government of Haiti to take immediate measures to bring to justice the perpetrators, sponsors and authors of those attacks.

    The 6,000-strong UN mission in Haiti was deployed last year to help restore calm in the country after the ouster of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Enditem