Posted on November 3rd, 2007 by Marian Houk
If these “allegations” are true, concerning activities in Haiti by UN Peacekeepers from Sri Lanka “of a transactional sex nature”, then sending home those caught is just not enough. The whole Sri Lankan battalion should leave. It doesn’t matter if, as the UN spokesperson told journalists on Friday, “Sri Lanka is a longstanding and important [...]
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Filed under: Haiti, Sexual Exploitation, Abuse, and Harassment, UN Peacekeeping
Posted on May 8th, 2007 by Marian Houk
The UN Security Council is the highest organ of the international system, responsible for maintenance of peace and security in the world. So, what is it doing in Haiti? It has authorized blue-helmeted UN peacekeepers to go after gang leaders. This has been going on for months, and there’s one more victory to proclaim today: [...]
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Filed under: Haiti, UN Peacekeeping, UN Security Council
Posted on April 5th, 2007 by Marian Houk
It’s really very strange to hear that a UN Security Council-mandated Peacekeeping Mission is spending its time, and much of its energy, trying to capture gang leaders in their own countries, but that’s what’s happening in Haiti. The UN Security Council has authorized Peacekeeping actions against Haitian gang members in Haiti, and the UN public [...]
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Filed under: Haiti
Posted on March 14th, 2007 by Marian Houk
Without changing a word of this timeless prose, here is what the UN News Centre [the UN uses British English spelling] is reporting today: “Fugitive Haitian gang leader sought in UN-backed crackdown on crime is captured” “14 March 2007 – A notorious Haitian armed gang leader who has been a principal target of a weeks-long [...]
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Filed under: Haiti, Human Rights, UN Peacekeeping, UN Security Council
Posted on March 9th, 2007 by Marian Houk
The UN News Centre [the UN uses British English spellings] is reporting this story: “Haiti: UN peacekeepers extend crackdown on criminal gangs” — 9 March 2007 – “United Nations peacekeepers and Haitian police are extending their crackdown on armed gangs in Port-au-Prince, the capital, arresting criminals, seizing weapons and restoring services in cleared areas – [...]
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Filed under: Haiti, UN Security Council
Posted on March 2nd, 2007 by Marian Houk
It was announced at the regular Noon Briefing at UNHQ/NY that “The UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) says that UN peacekeepers have completed the first phase of joint operations with the Haitian National Police, during which the combined forces gradually took over the strongholds of armed gangs in the Port-au-Prince neighborhood of Cité Soleil. [...]
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Filed under: Haiti, UN Peacekeeping, UN Security Council
Posted on March 1st, 2007 by Marian Houk
According to a UN Press Release, Joel Boutroue, Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-Genera for Haitil, told journalists at a press conference at UNHQ/NY on Monday morning that: “the new Government enjoyed the confidence of the population and was committed to improving the situation in the country. It sought to assume ownership of Haiti’s development, [...]
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Filed under: Haiti, UN Peacekeeping, UN Secretary-General, UN Security Council
Posted on February 26th, 2007 by Marian Houk
The Financial Times reported last week that “The United Nations has vowed to press ahead with large-scale military operations against Haiti’s brutal ganglords, in a sign of UN peacekeepers’ growing readiness to fight in the places they have been sent to protect. After getting the green light from President René Préval in December, the UN [...]
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Filed under: Haiti, Human Rights, UN Peacekeeping, UN Security Council
Posted on February 16th, 2007 by Marian Houk
The UN Security Council has extended for six months the mission for UN peacekeeping in Haiti, known as MINUSTAH. In its resolution, adopted unanimously, the SC expressed “its appreciation to MINUSTAH, a key actor in the ongoing stabilization of the country, for continuing to assist the Government of Haiti to ensure a secure and stable [...]
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Filed under: Haiti, UN Peacekeeping, UN Security Council
Posted on February 11th, 2007 by Marian Houk
There is something very strange going on here. The NY Times published a story yesterdayabout UN Troops fighting Haitian gangs, one street at a time. Fighting gangs is not the ususal assignment for UN peacekeepers. The story, by Marc Lacey, was written five days earlier. It reports that: “For years, street gangs have run Haiti [...]
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Filed under: Haiti, UN Peacekeeping, UN Security Council
