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Haiti: voices of the actors, a research project on the UN mission
15/02/2008 By Amélie Gauthier
When the international community intervened in Haiti in 2004, first by sending the multinational force and subsequently United Nations Stabilisation mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), the country was neither at war nor at peace. Rather, it was in the throes of a social rebellion against an oppressor and a struggle by former military leaders to overthrow this power.
Photo by APROFISA, Haití
This Working Paper from FRIDE analyses the violence in Haiti and the response of the international community involved in implementing the MINUSTAH mandate. The information gathered in the interviews allows the actors to make their voices heard on many aspects of the situation in Haiti and to communicate their ideas to each other.
The following points are discussed in detail: establishing a secure and stable environment; defining the Haitian context, police reform, the disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration programme, community-based violence reduction programme, maintaining order and restoration of the rule of law and the protection of civilians. This report also offers a series of recommendations on mandate of MINUSTAH.
This Working Paper was written in collaboration with Pierre Bonin.
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Keywords
Disarmament Haiti Latin America & Caribbean Peacebuilding Peacekeeping Rule of Law State building UNRelated publications
- Haiti and the international donor community
- Security in Haiti
- South American Intervention in Haiti
- The United Nations and Spain in Haiti
Bio author: Amélie Gauthier
Amélie Gauthier has an MA in International Cooperation and Project Management from the Ortega and Gasset Institute in Madrid and a BA in International Business and Finance from the École des Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC) in Montreal. Prior to joining FRIDE, Amélie worked as a political analyst for the Canadian Embassy in Madrid (2005-2006).
