MIPONUH - Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Civilian Police Mission in Haiti (S/1998/434)
- No Prime Minister since June 1997 and a paralyzed Parliament since January 1998.
- President Préval opened a dialogue with the parties in Parliament.
- A new, credible Provisional Electoral Council needed for free and fair elections.
- Judicial reform urged; police misconduct and corruption still reported.
- 285 MIPONUH personnel as of May 20, 1998.
The report covers February to May 1998. The institutional crisis described in the earlier report persists, crippling both the executive and legislative branches: Haiti has been without a Prime Minister since June 1997 and Parliament has been virtually paralyzed since January 1998. President Préval began a dialogue with the main political forces represented in Parliament, which the Secretary-General calls encouraging, and he refers to the Council's presidential statement of March 25, 1998 (S/PRST/1998/8).
He says the crisis is hurting economic activity and jeopardizing international assistance, and that free and fair elections need a new, credible Provisional Electoral Council. The Haitian National Police keeps making steady progress under political and financial pressure, but reports of human rights violations, corruption and misconduct continue, and credible judicial reform is needed. MIPONUH had 285 personnel as of May 20, 1998.
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United Nations Security Council, MIPONUH - Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Civilian Police Mission in Haiti (S/1998/434), https://documents.un.org/api/symbol/access?s=S%2F1998%2F434&l=en&t=pdf
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