Back بعثة الأمم المتحدة لتحقيق الاستقرار في هايتي Arabic Missió d'Estabilització de les Nacions Unides a Haití Catalan MINUSTAH Danish Mission des Nations Unies pour la stabilisation en Haïti German Misión de Estabilización de las Naciones Unidas en Haití Spanish MINUSTAH Finnish Mission des Nations unies pour la stabilisation en Haïti French MINUSTAH HT Misi Stabilisasi Perserikatan Bangsa-Bangsa di Haiti ID MINUSTAH Italian

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][5] The mission subsequently concentrated on assisting the Haitian National Police in providing security, while American and Canadian military forces distributed and facilitated humanitarian aid.[6] Due to fears of instability following the earthquake,[7] United Nations Security Council Resolution 1944 extended MINUSTAH's mandate,[8] and it was periodically renewed until 2017.[9]

Though effective in halting widespread violence, building a national police force, and stabilizing Haiti,[5][10] the mission was troubled from the start by some Haitians' objections to encroachment on their nation's sovereignty, then by the deadly introduction of cholera by Nepalese peacekeepers (ultimately killing over 9,000 Haitians), and by various allegations of human rights abuses, and sexual exploitation and abuse of Haitans (including children), by MINUSTAH personnel.[5][10][11][12]

On April 13, 2017, amid growing controversy over the conduct of the mission and its personnel,[10][11] the United Nations Security Council announced that the mission would end in October 2017.[5][10][13] It was replaced by a much smaller follow-up mission, the United Nations Mission for Justice Support in Haiti (MINUJUSTH),[5][14] 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. ^ a b c d e Sanon, Evens: "UN votes to end to Haiti peacekeeping mission in mid-October," April 13, 2017, Associated Press, retrieved September 26, 2024
  6. ^ "Joint UN team to assess protection issues in quake-hit Haiti". United Nations. 22 January 2010. Retrieved 22 January 2010.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ United Nations Security Council (13 October 2009). "Resolution 1892 (2009)". PDF. United Nations. Retrieved 2010-01-14.
  9. ^ "Resolution 2012 (2011)". 14 October 2011.
  10. ^ a b c d Sanon, Evens: "UN ending 13-year military peacekeeping mission in Haiti," updated October 5, 2017, Associated Press, retrieved September 26, 2024
  11. ^ a b "UN agrees to shut down Haiti peacekeeping mission," April 14, 2017, Agence France-Presse (AFP), via Seychelles News Agency retrieved September 25, 2024
  12. ^ "UN peacekeepers sexually abused hundreds in Haiti in exchange for food and medicine: Report". Times of India. 10 June 2015. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  13. ^ 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.
  14. ^ "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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