MINUSTAH: A Financial Overview of Peacekeeping in Haiti (Observatory Bulletin No. 4)
Summary: CERFAS's fourth Observatory bulletin, setting out how MINUSTAH was funded and what it cost.
Key Findings
- Explains the peacekeeping assessment mechanism, under which permanent Security Council members pay a higher rate than the regular budget scale.
- Records an approved sum of US$576,619,000 for the period covered.
- Written at nine years of MINUSTAH presence, dating the mission to the 2004 security crisis after Aristide's departure.
- Peacekeeping budget cycles run 1 July to 30 June, not the calendar year.
Full Description
CERFAS's fourth Observatory bulletin, setting out how MINUSTAH was funded and what it cost. Peacekeeping budgets are assessed through a separate UN mechanism from the regular budget and are rarely presented to a Haitian readership, which is what this bulletin does.
How to cite
Centre de Recherche, de Réflexion, de Formation et d'Action Sociale, 2013, MINUSTAH: A Financial Overview of Peacekeeping in Haiti (Observatory Bulletin No. 4), accessed via HaitiDocs, https://www.haitidocs.org/doc/cerfas-2013-minustah-apercu-financier-maintien-paix