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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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09.04.2008
Haiti’s President tries to halt crisis over food

(Quelle: New York Times) The police in Haiti struggled Wednesday to control looting and rioting over high food prices as President René Préval issued a sharp call for an end to the chaos. … In the speech, his first public comments on the issue since protests began last week, he urged Haiti’s Congress to cut taxes on imported food.

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08.04.2008
Ban Ki-moon deplores attacks on UN mission in Haiti

(Quelle: UN News) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today expressed concern over the recent violence in Haiti and particularly the deaths that have occurred amid demonstrations against the high cost of living in the poverty-stricken Caribbean country. In a statement issued by his spokesperson, the Secretary-General also deplored attacks against the UN mission in Haiti, known as MINUSTAH, as well as against the Government and private property.

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07.04.2008
Haiti faces ‘exceptional opportunity’ but progress fragile – UN envoy

(Quelle: UN News) Haiti is facing a time of exceptional opportunity to escape the destructive cycles of the past, with real and significant gains on security, the economy and institution-building, but this progress remains extraordinarily fragile and could swiftly be reversed, according to the UN’s top envoy to the country.

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01.04.2008
Haiti progressing toward stability, but requires sustained work – Ban Ki-moon

(Quelle: UN News) The leaders of Haiti and the international community must persevere in their efforts to help restore stability to the impoverished country, which has made significant strides but “the potential for regression remains,” Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a report released today.

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23.03.2008
UN mission asks for public support in fight against rising crime

(Quelle: UN News) The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti is calling on locals to cooperate with its troops and with members of the national police at roadblocks and other checkpoints being set up to try to combat widespread crime and insecurity. The mission, known as MINUSTAH, has increased its logistical and material support to the national police (HNP) in the wake of a recent surge in crime, particularly kidnappings.

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22.03.2008
Haiti’s poverty stirs nostalgia for old ghosts

(Quelle: New York Times) Jean-Claude Duvalier, now in exile in France, sought recently to take advantage of the discontent by raising the possibility of a return to Haiti. In a radio address in September, he offered a tentative apology for his acts, saying, “If, during my presidential mandate, the government caused any physical, moral or economic wrongs to others, I solemnly take the historical responsibility.”

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21.01.2008
UN official sees peacekeeping force staying in Haiti

(Quelle: Reliefweb) The UN peacekeeping force in Haiti, now in its fourth year of deployment, will likely stay on for a while longer, though with a greater proportion of police to soldiers in the mission, a top UN official said Monday. Hedi Annabi, the assistant secretary general for peacekeeping operations, told reporters during a visit to Brasilia that 'clearly there is more work to do.'

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07.01.2008
UN pledges to help Government improve security in 2008

(Quelle: UN News) The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti will continue to help the Government to improve border security in 2008, the Organization’s top official in the Caribbean nation has pledged. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s Special Representative Hedi Annabi told a news conference yesterday in the capital, Port-au-Prince, that UN peacekeepers are already deploying at the four main points of entry into Haiti, will soon patrol the seaports and, at a later stage, also deploy a maritime unit.

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13.12.2007
Peacebuilding in Haiti: including Haitians from abroad

(Quelle: International Crisis Group) To escape its “fragile state” status and consolidate the country’s stability, the Haitian government needs to implement a long-term diaspora policy with the support of the international community.Peacebuilding in Haiti: Including Haitians from Abroad, the latest report from the International Crisis Group, examines how a sustained initiative to include three million Haitians living abroad could foster development and investment, strengthen state institutions and modernise the country’s political system.

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13.12.2007
UN envoy holds talks about protecting Haitian-Dominican border against crime

(Quelle: UN News) A senior United Nations envoy is holding talks today with officials in the Dominican Republic about how to improve the border security of Haiti, where the UN has a peacekeeping operation to try to help stabilize the country after years of violence and misrule.

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