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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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Wrapping up a 10-day visit to Haiti, Michel Forst told a news conference in the capital, Port-au-Prince, yesterday that the country has made progress in the area of civil and political rights, including reform of the judiciary. However, it still had a long way to go in creating a penal system that meets international rule of law standards. Important in this regard has been reform of the Haitian National Police, carried out with the help of the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti, known as MINUSTAH.
(Times of India) As part of the UN stabilization mission, a 140-member CISF (Central Industrial Security Force) contingent reached Haiti on Saturday. Led by deputy-IG Jasbir Singh, the contingent will assist Haitian police in weapons' control.
(Quelle: UN News) The Security Council today extended the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) through mid-October 2009, recognizing the impact that the civil disturbances in April and the current devastating hurricane season have had on the country’s stability and security. By a unanimously adopted resolution, the Council decided to maintain the mission’s troop strength at 7,060, along with a police component of 2,091, as Haiti’s stabilization process suffered significant setbacks in the last year.
(Quelle: UN News) “What happened in Haiti is way beyond the capacity of the Government and the UN,” said Mr. Annabi, who is also the chief of the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), referring to the destruction wrought by a series of hurricanes from mid-August to mid-September.
(Quelle: UN News) The need to overcome obstacles in Haiti in the wake of a series of devastating hurricanes and storms has propelled a political breakthrough in the Caribbean nation, a senior United Nations official told the Security Council today.
(Quelle: BBC) The UN special envoy to Haiti says the country has been overwhelmed by the effects of recent storms. Hedi Annabi said the scale of the disaster was beyond what the UN and Haitian authorities could deal with and more international help was needed. He said the western city of Gonaives was all but destroyed and every house had been damaged or swamped by mud.
(Quelle: UN News) Efforts to stabilize Haiti have suffered serious setbacks in the past six months as a result of ongoing political disturbances, the delay in selecting a new prime minister and spiralling food prices, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says in a new report.
(Quelle: UN News) The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti today welcomed the decision by some of the country’s political parties to back the new Prime Minister’s political programme, which would end the four-month parliamentary impasse over the formation of a new government.
(Quelle: UN News) Senior officials with the United Nations peacekeeping force in Haiti have met with their counterparts in the Haitian National Police (HNP) in a notorious district of the capital to discuss how to strengthen the relationship between the two institutions.
(Quelle: UN News) The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) is bolstering its presence in a key north-eastern border town as part of efforts to clamp down on illegal drug trafficking and improve security in an area prone to smuggling and other crimes.