The president of the U.N. Security Council says members unanimously support Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s recommendation to reduce the U.N. peacekeeping force in Haiti while concentrating on strengthening the national police. Ban recommended that the council reduce the mission’s military strength from 6,270 troops by withdrawing 1,070 infantry and engineering personnel by June 2013. The news [...]
Threat Of Violence Surrounds Pending End To U.N. Mission In Haiti
September 21, 2012 | Posted by
The specter of violence is again on the horizon in Haiti as the United Nations begins to map out an exit strategy from the impoverished Caribbean nation. Security Council delegations and staff will begin meeting next week to continue plans for an eventual end of a U.N. peacekeeping mission (MINUSTAH) that first began following a devastating earthquake [...]
