UNMIH - Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Mission in Haiti (S/1996/416)
- New UNSMIH recommended for six months, with police professionalization, a stable environment and UN coordination as its three tasks.
- Military element of 1,200 in Port-au-Prince, reduced to 1,000 within three months.
- President Préval's letter of May 31, 1996 asked for continued international force.
- Haitian authorities said the police could not yet ensure security alone.
The report responds to resolution 1048 (1996), which extended UNMIH for a final period to June 30, 1996. It records the Haitian Government's view that the young Haitian National Police cannot yet maintain a secure environment alone, and President Préval's letter of May 31, 1996 asking for an international force for another six months. The Secretary-General agrees and proposes UNSMIH with three tasks: help professionalize the police, help maintain a secure and stable environment, and coordinate United Nations activities on institution-building, reconciliation and economic rehabilitation.
The military element would start at 1,200 personnel in Port-au-Prince only and fall to 1,000 within three months. He links security to economic recovery, noting renewed talks with the international financial institutions and local assembly elections planned soon, with a third of the Senate up for election in November.
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United Nations Security Council, UNMIH - Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Mission in Haiti (S/1996/416), https://documents.un.org/api/symbol/access?s=S%2F1996%2F416&l=en&t=pdf
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