Haiti
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UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (UN-Geführt)
Beginn: 06/04
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Haiti preparing for polls amid ongoing violence (03.08.2005)
(Quelle: ISN Security Watch) Haiti is gearing up for presidential elections set for later this year even though the embattled Caribbean nation is far from ready to conduct an impartial and fair vote due to the ongoing violence plaguing the hemisphere’s poorest nation. Gun battles, reprisal killings, and kidnappings have become common place in the capital since September last year, when the already violent nation was further plunged into the depths of chaos and despair.
UN admits Haiti force is not up to the job it faces (30.07.2005)
(Quelle: The Independent) International forces in Haiti are to be bolstered by hundreds of extra troops following an admission by the UN's top peacekeeping official that the soldiers it has are not sufficiently trained and equipped. The move comes amid mounting evidence that UN forces may have recently killed up to two dozen civilians. Jean-Marie Guehenno, the under-secretary general for peacekeeping, on Thursday told the UN Security Council in New York that forces in Haiti were not trained for carrying out raids and targeting criminal gangs.
U.N.: Haiti to get 750 more peacekeepers (29.07.2005)
(Quelle: Dallas Morning News) The U.N. mission to Haiti said it will receive 750 more peacekeeping troops to help control the violence that threatens to undermine fall elections. The new troops from Jordan will arrive in coming months and will be serve as temporary reinforcement to the multinational contingent of 6,200 troops and 1,400 police trying to stabilize the country, U.N. spokesman Damian Onses-Cardona said Thursday.
In robust fight against gangs, UN peacekeepers seek to avoid civilian casualties (25.07.2005)
(Quelle: UN News) With the security situation in parts of Port-au-Prince, the Haitian capital, remaining very tense, the United Nations peacekeeping mission has taken a robust posture to disrupt the activities of armed gangs and bring them to justice, while taking all possible measures to reduce the risk of civilian casualties.
Philippines to dispatch additional 200 peacekeepers (19.07.2005)
(Quelle: Reliefweb) The Philippines will dispatch 200 more soldiers for a peacekeeping mission in strife-torn Haiti, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo said Tuesday. Arroyo said the additional deployment was in response to the request of United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan to boost the multilateral peacekeeping mission in the Caribbean country.
U.N. troops accused in deaths of Haiti residents (15.07.2005)
(Quelle: Reliefweb) Opposition groups and residents of two Port-au-Prince slums say dozens of innocent people were killed during anti-gang raids by U.N troops and Haitian police last week, but U.N. and police officials denied the accusations. The Lawyers Committee for Individual Rights, a group known as CARLI and regarded as one of the most independent rights groups operating in Haiti, said U.N. peacekeepers and Haitian police killed unarmed residents, including children and elders, in the slums of Bel-Air and Cite Soleil, strongholds of supporters of ousted president Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
OAS secretary general visits Haiti to assess situation (06.07.2005)
(Quelle: Reliefweb) Organization of American States (OAS) Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza began Tuesday an official two-day visit to Port-au-Prince, capital of Haiti, to assess the situation in the troubled Caribbean country.
CARICOM concerned over worsening security (05.07.2005)
(Quelle: Reliefweb) The Summit of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Monday expressed its concern over the worsening security and increasing violence in Haiti, according to reports from Castries, capital of Saint Lucia. Ronald Venetiaan, President of Surinam and outgoing CARICOM President, said the CARICOM countries have issued a warning about the situation in Haiti. It said there is increasing political instability and deteriorating security ahead of the municipal, legislative and presidential elections in the country. Meanwhile, Venetiaan complained that the resources provided by the international community to Haiti were not enough.
Annan makes plea for troops (30.06.2005)
(Quelle: Washington Post) United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan asked the United States this week to consider sending troops to Haiti to support a U.N. peacekeeping mission beset by mounting armed challenges to its authority, according to senior U.N. officials. Annan told Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in a meeting at U.N. headquarters Tuesday afternoon that he may have to ask for American 'boots on the ground' in the coming months to reinforce more than 6,500 Brazilian, Chilean, Argentine and other peacekeeping forces serving in Haiti, the officials said.
UN peacekeeping chief, visiting Haiti, promises improved security under new mandate (27.06.2005)
(Quelle: UN News) Wrapping up a five-day fact-finding visit to Haiti, United Nations peacekeeping chief Jean-Marie Guéhenno said the mandate the Security Council approved for the UN mission last week provided for tighter security in the Caribbean country in which several peacekeeping troops have recently been killed or wounded.
Security Council extends mission's mandate by eight months, enlarges it (22.06.2005)
(Quelle: UN News) The United Nations Security Council today extended the mandate of its peacekeeping mission in Haiti for a further eight months and added more than 1,000 personnel, bringing it to as many as nearly 9,400 in the run-up to a newly elected government's inauguration next February.
Elections Canada to oversee election observer mission (17.06.2005)
(Quelle: Reliefweb) International Cooperation Minister Aileen Carroll and Foreign Affairs Minister Pierre Pettigrew today announced that Elections Canada has been selected to put in place an international mission to oversee the electoral process in Haïti. The Canadian International Development Agency is contributing up to $3.5 million to this initiative.
Peacekeepers to confront Haiti violence - UN official (10.06.2005)
(Quelle: Reliefweb) U.N. peacekeepers in Haiti will crack down on violence that threatens elections this year, a U.N. official said on Thursday after a visit by a high-level contingent of foreign officials to the troubled Caribbean nation. ... A top elections official suggested last week that presidential, legislative and municipal elections scheduled for late this year should be postponed due to the violence and lagging voter registration.
UN mission installs free phone line to receive reports of criminal activities (09.06.2005)
(Quelle: UN News) The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti has launched a free and confidential telephone service through which Haitians can report on criminal activities to the mission's civilian police. Reports through the service, called 'Je Wè Bouch Pale,' would include human rights violations, any kind of corruption and, especially, kidnappings. They would be analyzed and transmitted to the appropriate law enforcement unit, the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) said yesterday at the launching.
Haiti reassures UN elections to be held on time (07.06.2005)
(Quelle: Reliefweb) Elections in Haiti will take place as scheduled later this year, the troubled country's interim prime minister told the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday as he renewed an appeal for more peacekeepers. Gerard Latortue said the council had a 'very enthusiastic' response to his assurances on elections and a request for U.N. reinforcements, delivered in a closed-door session. But it was unclear whether he won full council support for a 12-month extension of the U.N. peacekeeping mission's mandate, due to expire June 24. The mandate's duration 'is still under discussion,' Latortue told reporters after the council meeting.
Diplomat erschossen (02.06.2005)
(Quelle: taz) In Haiti ist ein französischer Diplomat erschossen worden. Nach Botschaftsangaben wurde Honorarkonsul Paul-Henri Mourral in Port-au-Prince von Kugeln getroffen, während es bei Angriffen auf ein Kommissariat und einen Markt zwei weitere Tote gab.
UN agrees stop-gap Haiti mission (01.06.2005)
(Quelle: BBC) The United Nations Security Council has voted to extend the mandate of its peacekeeping mission in Haiti by a further 24 days. The move was decided after diplomats failed to agree to a longer deployment of peacekeepers in the country. They hope the extension will provide extra time to resolve a diplomatic dispute with China. UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has recommended troops remain for a further year to provide security for elections. But China insists that the peacekeeping mission should be prolonged by no more than six months.
U.S. urges citizens to leave (28.05.2005)
(Quelle: New York Times) The United States has ordered all non-emergency personnel evacuated from Haiti while urging Americans to depart the country for what the State Department described as a 'volatile security situation.' The country has been ravaged by violent crime in recent months, including kidnappings and random shootings, and State Department officials said it had become difficult to ensure the safety of all its personnel.
Ex-Premier goes before court (27.05.2005)
(Quelle: New York Times) Yvon Neptune, the prime minister under former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, finally appeared before a judge over accusations that he masterminded the killings of 25 political opponents in February 2004, during the revolt against Mr. Aristide. The closed hearing in western St. Marc, where the attack took place, came a month after he started a hunger strike to protest his 11-month imprisonment without formal charges, and he was carried to the court on a stretcher.
Haiti ex-PM charged over killings (25.05.2005)
(Quelle: BBC) Former Haitian Prime Minister Yvon Neptune has appeared before a judge to be charged with ordering political killings in 2004. Mr Neptune, who served under former President Aristide, has been on hunger strike for a month in protest at being held nearly a year without charge. … International pressure had been mounting on Haiti to either charge Yvon Neptune or to free him.
Annan requests extension and expansion of UN peacekeeping mission in Haiti (20.05.2005)
(Quelle: UN News) Recommending that the mandate of the United Nations peacekeeping operation in Haiti be extended for another year and the mission enlarged, Secretary-General Kofi Annan commends it for carrying out crucial tasks in difficult circumstances and says it has created a security environment in which the political transition can take place.
EU unblocks aid to Haiti for general election, disarmament (13.05.2005)
(Quelle: Reliefweb) The European Union on Thursday unblocked 12.3 million dollars in aid for Haiti's general election, as well as three million dollars aimed at disarming decommissioned troops and helping them re-establish themselves in society. Haiti's interim Prime Minister Gerard Latortue and European Union representative, Dutch ambassador Marcel Van Opstal, attended the ceremony to sign over the first installment of a total 22 million dollars in election aid.
Legitimate elected government is Haiti's most vital necessity, Security Council told (13.05.2005)
(Quelle: UN News) Though elections, scheduled for October, should not be seen as the universal remedy to Haiti's crisis, they are essential to forming a legitimate government as the Caribbean country's political transition period comes to an end, the Brazilian representative told the Security Council today. Introducing the report of the four-day Council mission he led to Haiti last month, Ambassador Ronaldo Mota Sardenberg said there was no alternative to the elections and all political parties that rejected violence should be entitled to take part.
Haiti murder convictions quashed (10.05.2005)
(Quelle: BBC) Haiti's Supreme Court has overturned the convictions of dozens of military leaders found guilty in 2000 of murder and torture. They were convicted of mass killings during an attack on supporters of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in the shanty town of Raboteau in 1994. The government of Prime Minister Gerard Latortue says it did not influence the judges' decision. But Aristide supporters were outraged, calling it a 'partisan' decision.
Kidnapped Russian UN worker freed (06.05.2005)
(Quelle: Reliefweb) A Russian contractor for a UN peacekeeping force in Haiti kidnapped this week amid growing insecurity in the Caribbean state has been freed, the Russian foreign ministry said in a statement on Friday.
UN mission welcomes Haiti's launch of voter registration (27.04.2005)
(Quelle: UN News) The United Nations peacekeeping mission has welcomed the start of voter registration in Haiti in preparation for elections later this year. ... The Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) launched the registration effort in Gonaïves, in the Artibonite department.
Delaying vote could spark chaos-UN envoy (22.04.2005)
(Quelle: Reliefweb) Postponing a presidential election planned in Haiti this year would just trigger more instability, the U.N. envoy to the troubled Caribbean country said on Thursday. A recent spate of violence in the poorest country in the Americas has raised doubts that the election to replace ex-President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, who was forced out by an armed revolt last year, can be held as planned in November. But Juan Gabriel Valdez, who heads a U.N. mission to stabilize Haiti, said postponing the vote would be the worst scenario possible.
Security in Haiti improves, but international engagement remains vital, UN mission says (20.04.2005)
(Quelle: UN News) The leader of the United Nations Security Council fact-finding mission just back from Haiti expressed cautious optimism today, saying security was gradually improving, but that the international community must remain engaged if the strife-torn nation is to make any headway against urban violence and grinding poverty.
U.N. believes elections on target (16.04.2005)
(Quelle: Washington Post) U.N. Security Council members ended a fact-finding mission to Haiti on Saturday, saying they believe general elections will be held in the fall despite current violence and the slow pace of disarming former soldiers who helped oust President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. The council's four-day mission coincided with the shooting death of a Filipino peacekeeper and a gunfight between gang members and Haitian police that killed at least five people in a Port-au-Prince slum.
UN to recruit security assistants for elections (15.04.2005)
(Quelle: Reliefweb) The United Nations will recruit some 3,600 electoral workers charged with assisting UN troops and Haitian police during the violence-wracked nation's elections later this year, a UN official said Friday. ... The assistants will be deployed in groups of six or nine after a one-week training session with 15 international experts, he said. Recruited locally, they will be under the command of Jordanian Lieutenant Colonel Medal Rashdan.