Haiti and UN Peacekeeping Missions

Paper Summary:

This paper explains that the latest era of the UN presence in Haiti started during September 1991 when President Aristide's democratically elected administration was ousted by a military government under the leadership of General Raoul Cedras. The author points out that recently, in 2004, the Security Council set up the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). The mission was mandated to secure and stabilize the environment, political process and human rights. The paper concludes that, in the final analysis, the Haitian administration and the people will be required to assume ownership of an agenda to guarantee its long-term success. However, presently, Haiti is unable to tackle the internal problems on its own and the international partners must, extend timely, sufficient and consistent support to the new authorities.


Table of Contents:
Introduction
Mandate
Secure and Stable Environment
Political Process
Human Rights
Critical Appraisal of the MINUSTAH Mission:
Previous UN Peacekeeping Missions to Haiti
The UN Mission in Haiti- UNMIH (Sept 1993 to June 1986)
The UN Transition Mission in Haiti: UNTMIH (Aug to November 1997)
United Nations Civilian Police Mission in Haiti MIPONUH
Comparison of MINUSTAH with the Previous Missions

From the Paper:

"In Haiti, no defined forces are present with which there would be likelihood of negotiation, as opposed to other nations which is overwhelmed by internal quarrels. Following decades of violent dictatorships under the regime of Duvalier, Haiti as been governed by a series of frail democratic governments, in which there were regular military coups, and every coup has left a residue of paramilitary groups, apart from criminal gangs of drug traffickers and speckled members of the armed forces that has been disbanded in 1994."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Bohning, Don. Haiti: UN Mission Unable to Establish Order. Miami Herald, 26 May, 2005. p. 7.
• Deibert, Michael. Haiti: As Annan visits, UN Mission Seeks Reinforcements. 3 August, 2006. Retrieved 8 November, 2007 from http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=34231
• Fishel, John. T. Civil and Military Operations in the New World. Westport, C. T. 1997.
• Green, Eric. United States Applauds Extension of U.N. Mission in Haiti. USINFO. 20 February, 2007. Retrieved 8 November, 2007 fromhttp://usinfo.state.gov/xarchives/display.html?p=washfile-english&y=2007&m=February&x=200702201521351xeneerg0.8839228
• Haiti: Mandat. Retrieved 8 November, 2007 fromhttp://www.un.org/Depts/dpko/dpko/co_mission/unmihmandate.html

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