(2012-07) Report of the Security Council Mission to Haiti, 13-16 February 2012 (S/2012/534)

United Nations • 2012 • 14 pages

Summary — Report of the third Security Council visit to Haiti since 2004, reviewing security, executive-legislative tensions under President Martelly, rule of law, earthquake recovery, cholera and the drawdown of MINUSTAH.

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Key Findings

The Council found overall security stable but fragile, with the Haitian National Police at 10,106 officers (including 760 women) and recruitment too slow to reach the 16,000-officer target of the 2012-2016 development plan. The political situation was marked by executive dysfunction and executive-legislative deadlock; the Prime Minister resigned on 24 February 2012, shortly after the visit. Displacement had fallen by 119,000 people (19 percent) since June 2011, but about 515,000 camp residents remained in 707 sites, and cholera had caused 7,018 deaths and 524,861 cumulative cases by 8 January 2012. The mission highlighted extreme prison overcrowding, excessive pretrial detention, and public anger over cholera and sexual exploitation allegations against MINUSTAH.

Full Description

A Security Council mission led by United States Permanent Representative Susan E. Rice visited Haiti from 13 to 16 February 2012, the Council's third visit since MINUSTAH was established in 2004. The mission met President Michel Martelly, Prime Minister Garry Conille, parliamentarians and civil society, and travelled to Port-au-Prince, Miragoane, Leogane, Cap-Haitien and the Caracol industrial site. It found the security situation stable but fragile and described the political situation as disturbing, marked by dysfunction within the executive and deep divisions with Parliament; the Prime Minister resigned on 24 February 2012. The Haitian National Police stood at 10,106 officers, short of the 16,000 target, and rule of law institutions, courts and prisons showed serious weaknesses. Some 515,000 people remained in 707 displacement sites, and cumulative cholera cases had reached 524,861 with 7,018 deaths by January 2012. The report records widespread criticism of MINUSTAH over cholera and sexual abuse allegations, and endorses the mission's orderly drawdown alongside stronger Haitian institutions.

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Geography

Time Coverage

2011 — 2012

Keywords

S/2012/534, Security Council mission, MINUSTAH, Michel Martelly, Garry Conille, Haitian National Police, earthquake recovery, cholera epidemic, rule of law, Caracol industrial park, internally displaced persons, drawdown

Entities

Security Council, MINUSTAH, Susan E. Rice, Michel Martelly, Garry Conille, Laurent Lamothe, Mariano Fernandez, Haitian National Police, Caracol industrial park, Champ de Mars, Carradeux camp, Global Fund to Fight AIDS Tuberculosis and Malaria, Parliament of Haiti

Notes

UN document S/2012/534; ayitistats wave B; Security Council mission report