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STORY: UN / HAITI
TRT: 02:43
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / FRENCH / NATS
DATELINE: 11 APRIL 2017, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior United Nations headquarters
11 APRIL 2017, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Security Council
3. Med shot, delegates
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Sandra Honoré, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Haiti:
“The progress achieved during the past 13 years in Haiti’s stabilization process is notable. It is therefore timely to reshape the partnership among the international community, the United Nations and Haiti with a view to ensuring the sustainability of this progress. It is with this in mind, that the Secretary-General has recommended the closure of MINUSTAH in six months from now and the establishment of a smaller peacekeeping operation with concentrated focus on the rule of law and police development, with strong good offices and human rights monitoring roles.”
5. Med shot, delegates
6. SOUNDBITE (French) Alexis Lamek, Deputy Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations:
“More than 13 years after establishing MINUSTAH we fully support the idea that the time has come to act on success achieved by the mission in stabilizing Haiti as well as to move towards a new type of UN presence, one which is better adapted to country’s needs and the conditions on the ground, which have significantly changed.”
7. Med shot, delegates
8. SOUNDBITE (French) Denis Régis, Permanent Representative of Haiti to the United Nations:
“The Haitian government endorses the arrangements for the transition and in particular. Number one, the full but progressive drawdown of the 2,370 members of the military component during the transition period; secondly, reducing the number of formed police units, the FPUs, and the number of individual police; thirdly, participation of the new mission in the implementation of the strategic development plan of the Haitian National Police; and fourthly, integrating the new mission’s activities with those of the UN country team.”
9. Wide shot, Council
10. Wide shot, Honoré walks up to the podium
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Sandra Honoré, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Haiti: “It is now critical that together we enter this new phase in which the focus shifts from institutional, or shifts to institutional strengthening and reinforcement. This implies also investment in development and some humanitarian assistance, including to combat the transmission of cholera.”
12. Wide shot, Honoré walks away
Highlighting improvements in Haiti’s political situation, including the recent elections and opportunities to address longstanding disputes, the senior United Nations official in the island nation has urged the international community to continue its partnership with Haiti and its people to help consolidate the gains achieved.
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Sandra Honoré, told the UN Security Council today (11 Apr) that “the progress achieved during the past 13 years in Haiti’s stabilization process is notable” and therefore the Secretary-General has recommended the closure of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) “in six months from now and the establishment of a smaller peacekeeping operation with concentrated focus on the rule of law and police development, with strong good offices and human rights monitoring roles.”
French Ambassador Alexis Lamek told the Council that France “fully” supports “the idea that the time has come to act on success achieved by the mission in stabilizing Haiti as well as to move towards a new type of UN presence, one which is better adapted to country’s needs and the conditions on the ground, which have significantly changed.”
For his part, Haiti’s Ambassador, Denis Régis, said “the Haitian government endorses the arrangements for the transition”
In particular, he said “number one, the full but progressive drawdown of the 2,370 members of the military component during the transition period; secondly, reducing the number of formed police units, the FPUs, and the number of individual police; thirdly, participation of the new mission in the implementation of the strategic development plan of the Haitian National Police; and fourthly, integrating the new mission’s activities with those of the UN country team.”
Outside the Council, Honoré told reporters that it was “critical that together we enter this new phase in which the focus shifts from institutional, or shifts to institutional strengthening and reinforcement. This implies also investment in development and some humanitarian assistance, including to combat the transmission of cholera.”
MINUSTAH was established on 1 June 2004 by Security Council resolution 1542. The UN mission succeeded a Multinational Interim Force (MIF) authorized by the Security Council in February 2004 after President Bertrand Aristide departed Haiti for exile in the aftermath of an armed conflict which spread to several cities across the country.
