MIPONUH - Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Civilian Police Mission in Haiti (S/1998/796)
- Political crisis over a year old after the failed April 15, 1998 nomination of a Prime Minister.
- Call to ratify a Prime Minister and form a new Provisional Electoral Council.
- UN experts offered to the Council if requested.
- International training of the police needed in the medium and longer term.
- 284 MIPONUH personnel as of August 15, 1998.
The report covers May to August 1998. The institutional crisis is over a year old: after the nomination of Hervé Denis as Prime Minister failed on April 15, 1998, President Préval opened negotiations with the parties in Parliament on a new Prime Minister, a new Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) and the government programme. The Secretary-General says the lack of a government blocks economic development and international assistance, asks that a Prime Minister be ratified without delay, and calls for steps to prepare free, fair and transparent local and legislative elections, with United Nations experts available to the CEP on request.
He observes that police training and performance have progressed but that it is now widely accepted that international training will remain necessary, and says consultations with the Haitian authorities will be needed on the role of the international community. MIPONUH had 284 personnel as of August 15, 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/1998/796), https://documents.un.org/api/symbol/access?s=S%2F1998%2F796&l=en&t=pdf
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