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STORY: UN / HAITI
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DATELINE: 10 APRIL 2018, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior United Nations headquarters
10 APRIL 2018, NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK CITY
2. Various shots, Security Council vote
3. Med shot, delegates
4. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Dmitry Polyanskiy, First Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations:
“During work on a draft resolution for the extension of the mission’s mandate, we were surprised to discover that the sponsors decided to toughen a key provision of the document which over the course of the peacekeeping presence in the country, beginning in 2004, had remained unchanged. I am referring to the mentions in the document of the application of Chapter 7 of the United Nations Charter, which stipulates the application of sanctions measures and armed force.”
5. Med shot, delegates
6. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Dmitry Polyanskiy, First Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations:
“We wish to learn from supporters of this approach how the situation regarding human rights in the country has changed in a country where there has long not been an armed conflict, and how has it changed so that it suddenly has begun to pose a threat to international peace and security. Or, is this yet another attempt to leverage the Security Council to bring pressure to bear against a sovereign state.”
7. Med shot, delegates
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Amy Tachco, Political Coordinator of the Permanent Mission of the United States to the United Nations:
“While some members of the Council may have tried to saw confusion about what is standard peacekeeping language in a Security Council mandate, the fact remains that we are here today in support of Haiti and of MINUJUSTH. Time and again the Council has expressed its support for equipping peacekeeping missions with what is needed to protect civilians around the world, and today is no different.”
9. Med shot, delegates
10. SOUNDBITE (French) Denis Régis, Permanent Representative of Haiti to the United Nations:
“My delegation deplores the fact that the remarks delivered through member states in the Council were not taken into account. Moreover, since the Haitian government is the one affected by the resolution. We see this as an example in Preamble 10 of the first provision of the text, and more broadly speaking we see this in the reference to chapter seven of the United Nations Charter as the unanimous view is that MINUJUSTH is a support mission.”
11. Wide shot, Council
The Security Council today (10 April) voted to extend the mandate of the United Nations Mission for Justice Support in Haiti (MINUJUSTH) with 13 votes in favour and two abstentions from member states that objected the use of chapter seven of the United Nations Charter.
Ambassador Dmitry Polyanskiy of the Russian Federation, which abstained, said “during work on a draft resolution for the extension of the mission’s mandate, we were surprised to discover that the sponsors decided to toughen a key provision of the document which over the course of the peacekeeping presence in the country, beginning in 2004, had remained unchanged.”
Chapter 7 of the United Nations Charter, he noted, “stipulates the application of sanctions measures and armed force.”
Polyanskiy, asked the sponsors of the resolution “how the situation regarding human rights in the country has changed in a country where there has long not been an armed conflict, and how has it changed so that it suddenly has begun to pose a threat to international peace and security.”
United States Ambassador Amy Tachco said “while some members of the Council may have tried to saw confusion about what is standard peacekeeping language in a Security Council mandate, the fact remains that we are here today in support of Haiti and of MINUJUSTH.”
For his part, Haitian Ambassador Denis Régis, told the Council that his delegation “deplores the fact that the remarks delivered through member states in the Council were not taken into account.”
He said “we see this as an example in Preamble 10 of the first provision of the text, and more broadly speaking we see this in the reference to chapter seven of the United Nations Charter as the unanimous view is that MINUJUSTH is a support mission.”
MINUJUSTH was established on 16 October as a smaller successor mission to the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). Its core mandate consists of assisting the government in strengthening rule of law institutions, reinforcing national police capacities, and engaging in human rights monitoring, reporting and analysis.
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