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STORY: UN / HAITI NEW MISSION
TRT: 2:40
SOURCE: UNIFEED
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH /FRENCH /NATS
DATELINE: 13 APRIL 2017, NEW YORK CITY
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1. Wide shot, exterior, UN Headquarters
13 APRIL 2017, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Security Council
3. Various shots, Council votes
4. UPSOUND (English) Nikki Haley, Permanent Representative of the US to the United Nations and President of the Security Council:
“The draft resolution received fifteen votes in favour. The draft resolution has been adopted unanimously as resolution 2350.
5. Cutaway, Council meeting
6. SOUNDBITE (French) Alexis Lamek, Deputy Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations:
“The new operation which will start in October is to consolidate the advances already made, by making the Haitian police an autonomous actor and also to bring in new areas; rule of law, fighting impunity, increasing the professionalism and independence of judiciary.”
7. Cutaway, Council meeting
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Nikki Haley, Permanent Representative of the US to the United Nations:
“While this is seen as a success, unfortunately, it is a nightmare for many in Haiti who will never be able to forget and live with brutal scars. We must acknowledge the abandoned children, 12 to 15 years old who lived every day with hunger. They were lured by peacekeepers with cookies and snacks. The high price for this food was sexual abuse.”
9. Cutaway, Council meeting
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Nikki Haley, Permanent Representative of the US to the United Nations:
“We will however continue to push for accountability of those troops in Haiti as well as all troop contributing countries involved in peacekeeping efforts. We owe it to the vulnerable in these countries who desperately need peace and security. I ask that you join me in this effort.”
11. Cutaway, Council meeting
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Mauro Vieira, Permanent Representative of Brazil to the United Nations:
“Although we favour accountability in peacekeeping operations, we believe that the content of this operative paragraph is unnecessary in the current resolution and does not reflect the reality on the ground and the high-level performance of MINUSTAH's troops.”
13. Cutaway, Council meeting
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Mauro Vieira, Permanent Representative of Brazil to the United Nations:
”In a moment of review and possibly reform of peacekeeping operations, it is crucial to highlight the importance of tailored approaches. The idea of standardizing and replicating paragraphs in all resolutions of this Council regarding peacekeeping operations is ill-conceived. One size does not fit all.”
15. Zoom out, end of the meeting
The United Nations Security Council voted today to terminate its peacekeeping mission in Haiti and to replace it with a “follow-on” peacekeeping mission with the focus on strengthening rule of law and police capacity in the Caribbean nation.
With all fifteen votes in favour, the Security Council passed the resolution 2350, which extends the mandate of the UN peacekeeping mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) for the final six-month period during which the military component of the mission should completely withdraw from the country.
The resolution also establishes a “follow-on” United Nations Mission for Justice Support in Haiti (MINUJUSTH), composed of up to seven Formed Police Units (FPUs) and 295 Individual Police Officers (lPOs), for an initial period of six months from 16 October 2017 until 15 April 2018.
The task of the MINUJUSTH will be, according to Alexis Lamek, Deputy Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations “to consolidate the advances already made, by making the Haitian police an autonomous actor and also to bring in new areas; rule of law, fighting impunity, increasing the professionalism and independence of judiciary.”
The United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) was established in 2004.
The US Ambassador Nikki Haley said that “while this is seen as a success, unfortunately, it is a nightmare for many in Haiti who will never be able to forget and live with brutal scars. We must acknowledge the abandoned children, 12 to 15 years old who lived every day with hunger. They were lured by peacekeepers with cookies and snacks. The high price for this food was sexual abuse.”
Haley called upon Council members to hold peacekeeping troops in Haiti and elsewhere accountable for its actions.
Speaking on behalf three troop contributing countries to MINUSTAH – Chile, Guatemala and Brazil, the Permanent Representative of Brazil to the United Nations Mauro Vieira said that the paragraph 18 of the resolution which highlights the importance of addressing the issues of undeclared national caveats, lack of effective command and control, refusal to obey orders, failure to respond to attacks on civilians, and inadequate equipment “is unnecessary in the current resolution and does not reflect the reality on the ground and the high-level performance of MINUSTAH's troops.”
