Haiti

(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.

(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.

(Quelle: UN News) The United Nations today announced that it will repatriate more than 100 Sri Lankan peacekeepers serving with the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) on disciplinary grounds. … The move comes in response to allegations which are “of a transactional sex nature,” the Secretary-General’s spokesperson Michele Montas told reporters, adding that “there is a question of some underage girls.”

(Quelle: UN News) The Security Council today extended the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) through mid-October 2008 while reducing its military component and increasing police in order to adjust to changing circumstances in the country, where civil unrest remains a threat but gang violence has been significantly curtailed. … The Council endorsed Mr. Ban’s proposal to reduce the Mission’s military force level by one company, or some 140 troops, while increasing the police component with one additional formed police unit of up to 140 officers for a total authorized strength of 2,091 police.

(Quelle: NZZ) Drei Jahre nach der Landung der Blauhelmsoldaten ist die Macht der kriminellen Banden in Haiti gebrochen. Eine gemässigte Regierung versucht, die gespaltene Nation zu versöhnen und die Institutionen des Staates, vorab die Polizei und die Justiz, wiederaufzubauen. «C'est un autre monde» – von einer anderen Welt spricht die Vertreterin des Internationalen Komitees vom Roten Kreuz, die am Eingang zu Cité Soleil eine Gruppe von Journalisten empfängt.

(Quelle: Reliefweb) More than three years into their mission in Haiti, United Nations peacekeepers say they have broken a wave of violence and crime across the Caribbean nation. Many Haitians say the U.N. force has improved security conditions but they also say opportunities for jobs and development still remain scarce.

(Quelle: Reliefweb) Douze ans après sa création, la Police Nationale d’Haïti (PNH) a déjà formé 18 promotions. L’effectif est passé de 354 à 8.000 agents de police au cours de cette période. La Mission des Nations Unies pour la Stabilisation en Haïti (MINUSTAH) et la communauté internationale continuent de déployer des efforts pour renforcer le professionnalisme des policiers haïtiens.

(Quelle: UN News) Defence ministers and military officers from Latin American countries contributing troops to the United Nations peacekeeping force in Haiti are at present visiting the Caribbean country to discuss security and other issues linked to the extension of the mission’s mandate, including strengthening the national police force. … Issues discussed including reinforcement of the national police, reform of the judicial system, strengthening legal institutions and the battle against corruption and drug trafficking. The need to promote development also figured on the agenda.

(Quelle: The Miami Herald) U.N. Secretary-General Ban-Ki-moon said Wednesday he will recommend peacekeepers stay in Haiti for at least another year and urged world donors to redouble efforts to ensure the impoverished nation does not backslide into chaos. … Despite the improved security, U.N. officials say gangs, drug trafficking and poverty are still a threat to the country and that peacekeepers will be needed at least until Preval's term ends in 2011.

(Quelle: UN News) Aiming to strengthen the economy in Haiti and promote stability there, a team from the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) is calling for investment in tourism, agriculture and the textile and assembly industry. In a report presented to ECOSOC today, the Ad Hoc Advisory Group dispatched by the Council to Haiti in April also called for strengthening public institutions in order to enable Haiti to optimize the major contributions announced by donor countries in recent months.