(2005-02) Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (S/2005/124)

United Nations • 2005 • 17 pages

Summary — Secretary-General's periodic report on MINUSTAH covering late 2004 to February 2005, detailing security operations in Cite Soleil and Bel-Air, disarmament delays, election preparations and human rights concerns.

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Key Findings

MINUSTAH's build-up to 6,013 troops and 1,398 police enabled successful joint operations with the Haitian National Police, including the December 2004 Cite Soleil operation and the disarming without shots fired of 43 occupants of former President Aristide's residence. The Transitional Government launched a 2.8 million dollar compensation programme for soldiers demobilized in 1995, but payments were not linked to disarmament and the national DDR commission had not been established. A 1 December 2004 riot at the National Penitentiary killed at least 10 prisoners, and medical staff reported an estimated 30 to 40 violent child deaths in Cite Soleil in the months before the December operation. Election preparations included a new electoral law, a proposed calendar (local polls 9 October 2005, first round 13 November) and a 44.3 million dollar funding agreement with a 5.6 million dollar shortfall.

Full Description

This report, submitted under Security Council resolutions 1542 (2004) and 1576 (2004), covers MINUSTAH developments from November 2004 to February 2005. Troop strength reached 6,013 of 6,700 authorized and police 1,398 of 1,622, enabling robust joint operations with the Haitian National Police, including the December 2004 operation in Cite Soleil, a sustained presence in Bel-Air, the retaking of police stations seized by former soldiers, and the disarming of 43 occupants of former President Aristide's residence. The Transitional Government had not yet established the national disarmament commission, and its compensation payments to demobilized soldiers were not linked to disarmament. Election preparations advanced with a new electoral law, a proposed calendar leading to a 7 February 2006 handover and a 44.3 million dollar funding agreement. The report flags continued human rights concerns, including a deadly National Penitentiary riot, alleged abuses by police, detentions of Fanmi Lavalas figures, and violence against children in Cite Soleil, and reviews humanitarian recovery in Gonaives and slow disbursement under the Interim Cooperation Framework.

Topics

Geography

Time Coverage

2004 — 2005

Keywords

S/2005/124, series:minustah-sg, MINUSTAH, Secretary-General report, Transitional Government, Cite Soleil, Bel-Air, disarmament demobilization reintegration, Provisional Electoral Council, Fanmi Lavalas, National Penitentiary, Gonaives recovery

Entities

MINUSTAH, Security Council, Juan Gabriel Valdes, Augusto Heleno Ribeiro Pereira, David Charles Beer, Boniface Alexandre, Gerard Latortue, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Fanmi Lavalas, Yvon Neptune, Gerard Jean-Juste, Haitian National Police, Provisional Electoral Council, UNDP, OAS, CARICOM, Louis Joinet, UNICEF

Notes

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