United Nations Stabilisation Mission in Haiti

United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti
AbbreviationMINUSTAH (French: Mission des Nations Unies pour la stabilisation en Haïti)
Formation1 June 2004
Dissolved13 April 2017
TypePeacekeeping mission
Legal statusReplaced by MINUJUSTH
Head
Sandra Honoré (Special Representative of the Secretary-General)
Parent organization
UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations, United Nations Security Council
WebsiteUN Peacekeeping: MINUSTAH, www.minustah.org (in French)

The United Nations Stabilisation Mission in Haiti (French: Mission des Nations Unies pour la stabilisation en Haïti), also known as MINUSTAH, an acronym of its French name, was a UN peacekeeping mission in Haiti from 2004 to 2017. It was composed of 2,366 military personnel and 2,533 police, supported by international civilian personnel, a local civilian staff, and United Nations Volunteers.[1] The mission's military component was led by the Brazilian Army and commanded by a Brazilian.

The devastating January 2010 Haiti earthquake destroyed MINUSTAH's headquarters in Port-au-Prince and killed its chief, Hédi Annabi of Tunisia, his deputy Luiz Carlos da Costa of Brazil, and the acting police commissioner, RCMP Supt. Doug Coates of Canada.[2][3][4] The mission subsequently concentrated on assisting the Haitian National Police in providing security, while American and Canadian military forces distributed and facilitated humanitarian aid.[5] Due to fears of instability following the earthquake,[6] United Nations Security Council Resolution 1944 extended MINUSTAH's mandate,[7] and it was periodically renewed until 2017.[8]

On 13 April 2017, the United Nations Security Council announced that the mission would end in October 2017.[9] It was replaced by a much smaller follow-up mission, the United Nations Mission for Justice Support in Haiti (MINUJUSTH),[10] which itself concluded in 2019.

  1. ^ "MINUSTAH Facts and Figures - United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti". 16 June 2016.
  2. ^ "Briefing by Martin Nesirky, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, and Jean Victor Nkolo, Spokesperson for the President of the General Assembly". United Nations. 13 January 2010. Retrieved 13 January 2010.
  3. ^ "Clinton visits quake-hit Haitians". BBC News. 16 January 2010. Retrieved 16 January 2010.
  4. ^ "Haiti - MINUSTAH - Facts and Figures". un.org. Retrieved 2007-08-14.
  5. ^ "Joint UN team to assess protection issues in quake-hit Haiti". United Nations. 22 January 2010. Retrieved 22 January 2010.
  6. ^ "Security Council, Renewing Haiti Mission Mandate in Resolution 1944 (2010), Looks to Review of Situation After Pending Elections, New Government". UN Department of Public Information, News and Media Division. 14 October 2010. Retrieved 25 December 2010.
  7. ^ United Nations Security Council (13 October 2009). "Resolution 1892 (2009)". PDF. United Nations. Retrieved 2010-01-14.
  8. ^ "Resolution 2012 (2011)". 14 October 2011.
  9. ^ Section, United Nations News Service (2017-04-13). "UN News - Security Council decides UN Mission in Haiti will close by October; approves smaller follow-on operation". UN News Service Section. Retrieved 2017-04-13.
  10. ^ "Security Council decides UN Mission in Haiti will close by October; approves smaller follow-on operation". United Nations. 13 April 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.

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