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STORY: UN / HAITI
TRT: 2.03
SOURCE: UNTV / MINUSTAH
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH/ FRENCH/ NATS
DATELINE: 28 APRIL 2010, NEW YORK CITY/ FILE
FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior UN building
28 APRIL 2010, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Security Council chamber
3. Med shot, Security Council members
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Edmond Mulet, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH):
“We have requested a surge in the MINUSTAH police presence, to help bridge the gap between the HNP’s current capacity and the minimum levels needed to ensure a visible presence on the streets and in IDP camps. The additional officers we have requested will enable a 24/7 presence in the seven largest camps. The increase will also allow some UN police involved in emergency tasks after the earthquake to resume training of new HNP officers.”
5. Med shot, Security Council members
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH):
“MINUSTAH will continue to work in support of the broader United Nations effort to promote a balanced social agenda and to build the human capital that will make Haiti a more stable and equitable society. That is the progress we all want to see that will lead to a stable environment in which MINUSTAH can safely withdraw.”
7. Med shot, Security Council members
8. SOUNDBITE (French) Jean-Max Bellerive, Prime Minister of Haiti:
“The presence of MINUSTAH is necessary for the process of stabilization and to create the best conditions for socio-economic development. We believe that the current MINUSTAH mandate is adequate. However, a temporary adjustment to the mandate would be acceptable in order for the Haitian government to face more efficiently the post-disaster situation.”
9. Wide shot, Security Council chamber
FILE- MINUSTAH- 2 FEBUARY 2010, CITE SOLEIL, PORT AU PRINCE, HAITI
10. Med shot, Jordanian UN Police on the back of patrol vehicle
11. Wide shot, UN police officer the streets
12. Med shot, UN police patrolling in Cite Soleil
13. Wide shot, UN Police Patrol
Edmond Mulet, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative and head of the United Nations (UN) peacekeeping mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) briefed the Security Council today (28 April) on the situation in Haiti.
He told Council members that a requested surge in MINUSTAH’s police presence would “help bridge the gap between the Haitian National Police’s current capacity and the minimum levels needed to ensure a visible presence on the streets and in IDP camps.”
He added that an extra influx of men on the ground “will enable a 24/7 presence in the seven largest camps.”
In the coming year, Haiti will face new security pressures, including from criminals who are now at large again in the wake of the earthquake, as well as economic risks with millions living in very vulnerable conditions, and the risk of new natural disasters.
Mulet underlined that MINUSTAH would continue its work “to build the human capital that will make Haiti a more stable and equitable society.” Only when a stable environment is established, he continued, would MINUSTAH “safely withdraw.”
Dozens of nations and organizations are assisting the small Caribbean country in the wake of the 12 January quake, which killed more than 200,000 people including 101 UN staff members and left 1.3 million more homeless, in addition to damaging Government buildings and vital infrastructure.
Haiti’s Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive also addressed the Council and echoed Mulet’s statements. He told Council members that MINUSTAH’s role in Haiti is necessary for “the process of stabilization and to create the best conditions for socio-economic development.”
Bellerive welcomed a “temporary adjustment” to MINUSTAH’s mandate to help the Haitian government “face more efficiently the post-disaster situation.”
The coming 18 months will present his Government with new risks within the framework of reconstruction and post-disaster management, during which the presence of MINUSTAH will remain necessary. This is particularly true with regard to the holding of free and fair elections.
