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Multinational Security Support mission (MSS)
Authorization date: 10/23
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United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti
Authorization date: 06/19
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Some delegates call technical rollover inadequate, stress need for more robust mandate.
Violent protests sparked by the murder of a high-profile legal scholar are threatening to push Haiti into a spiral of instability, Special Representative Helen La Lime told the Security Council on Monday, as she outlined UN efforts to help overcome the impasse engulfing the country.
More than two decades after Haiti’s leader disbanded its army, with its history of violent coups, the Caribbean nation is about to unveil a reconstituted military. … The United Nations and foreign governments, including the United States, discouraged Haiti from reviving its army. Instead, they supplied financial aid and training for the Haitian National Police.
[…] The high-level delegation was dispatched by Secretary-General António Guterres to reaffirm the commitment of the United Nations to the Haitian people in a “new spirit of partnership.”
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres welcomed the establishment Monday of the UN Mission for Justice Support in Haiti (MINUJUSTH).
After 13 years, the United Nations is ending its stabilization mission in Haiti. But as the last UN soldiers leave the Caribbean island, many issues remain unresolved — for both Haiti and the UN.
After 13 years, the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) will close its doors on 15 October. … Interview with Sandra Honoré, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Haiti and head of MINUSTAH.
With three months left before the current United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti transitions to a smaller one, a UN envoy stressed today that the Caribbean country faces the “window of opportunity” to solidify stability, following recent elections.
Haiti's government has launched a campaign to re-establish its army, dissolved more than 20 years ago. It wants to recruit about 500 men and women to help deal with natural disasters and to patrol borders. The recruitment drive follows the announcement by the UN mission that it would be leaving Haiti in October.