MITNUH - Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Transition Mission in Haiti (S/1997/832)
- Haiti had no fully functioning government for more than four months after Prime Minister Smarth's government resigned on June 9, 1997.
- The United Nations suspended its technical assistance to the Provisional Electoral Council on August 19 until the credibility and transparency of the electoral process were restored.
- Turnout in the supplementary local elections of July and August generally did not exceed 2 to 3 percent.
- The audit of July 1997 showed a growing gap between the professionalization of the National Police and the absence of progress in the judiciary.
- The Secretary-General expects MITNUH to leave at the end of its mandate and is consulting Member States on a follow-on mission to support the PNH.
- The Haitian economy remained stagnant, with per capita income flat for 12 months and international aid disbursements lower than in previous years.
The report follows resolution 1123 (1997), which created MITNUH with a non-renewable four-month mandate ending on November 30, 1997 to help professionalize the Haitian National Police (PNH). It describes a political impasse: the Smarth government resigned on June 9, the nomination of Éric Pierre was rejected, and electoral disputes led the United Nations to suspend technical assistance to the Provisional Electoral Council. It reports that the civilian police component had 242 officers on October 15 and that training centers were being set up in the nine departments.
It finds uneven progress in the PNH across departments and little progress in the judiciary, with prison overcrowding and long pretrial detention. It describes a stagnant economy and declining aid disbursements. The Secretary-General expects MITNUH to leave at the end of its mandate, notes President Préval's request of October 29 for continued police support, and says he is consulting Member States on a follow-on mission.
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