MINUSTAH Force

Here is a picture taken during a protest in Port-au-Prince where Haitian Deputy Arnel Belizaire was confronting both a Canadian and Brazilian member of the MINUSTAH force.

Millions have seen the image of Haitian Deputy Arnel Belizaire brandishing an assault rifle while speaking to members of MINUSTAH at a demonstration. The image has led to much debate, including the letter to the President of the Chamber of Deputies, sent by the new Canadian Ambassador to Haiti, Paula Caldwell St-Onge. In her letter, she criticizes the deputy, calling for Stevenson Jacques Thimoleon to bring his parliamentarians who have no respect for Haiti's laws to order. For his part, Belizaire has said he had recovered the gun after MINUSTAH soldiers began firing shots into the non-violent group of protesters.

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The UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti has been occupying the island for the last 19 years. Two of its military partners, Brazil and Canada, are joining ranks to keep Haiti safe from insurrectionists.

Canada is adding an extra 34 military peacekeepers to its Operation Hamlet mission, who will be instructed in Brazil on military procedures and maneuvers.

Defense Staff Chief, Tom Lawson, says Canada's further commitment to Haiti's safety and security will help steady Haiti during its upcoming elections.

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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Sandra Honore, native of Trinidad, as Envoy to Haiti. She is the director for the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti that has occupied Haiti since 2004.

Honore began her career as an attaché in 1979. She served as a career diplomat for the Organization of American States and monitored the electoral process in Haiti in the nineties.

Honore is succeeding Mariano Fernandez, who wants to pursue an electoral office.

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Here is a picture of Bill Clinton, Rene Preval and Ban Kimoun. The three took the picture to show the high level of cooperation between Haiti, the United States and The United Nation.

The United Nation is currently in Haiti providing security to the population

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The president of Uruguay, Mr. Jose Mujica wants to give his apology to the people of Haiti. He apologized to Haitian President Michel Martelly over the alleged rape of an 18-year-old Haitian man by Uruguayan U.N. peacekeeping troops. President Jose Mujica said public outrage in Haiti has surged over a video shot by a video and circulating on the Internet that shows laughing Uruguayan marines pinning the young Haitian face down on a mattress and apparently assaulting him sexually. In the letter written to Michel Martelly, president of Uruguay, Mr. Jose Mujica, said: "We apologize for the abuse that some soldiers of my country perpetrated. Although the damage is irreparable, have the certainty that we will investigate thoroughly and apply the harshest sanctions against those responsible.
The Uruguayan government also released in the statement that they will provide compensation to the Haitian victim

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Stabilization Mission MINUSTAH Director Edmond Mulet stated following the 2010 Haiti election in general everything goes well, all is quiet.

Created on June 2004, the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti also called MINUSTAH was created by the U.N. Security Council resolution 1542 with the responsibility to restore security in Haiti. This new United Nation force is also responsible to strengthen the Haitian institutions that have become very weak following a series of instability in Haitian government.
The United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti, MINUSTAH, was severely affected by the 2010 Haiti earthquake. Among close three hundred people who died in the quake, 96 of them were U.N peacekeepers. This was the biggest single loss of life in the history of UN peacekeeping

In the meantime, two-third of the candidates who participated in the election joined together to denounce the election, accusing the government of widespread fraud, including voter intimidation. Many voters took on the streets on the day of the election to demonstrate their dissatisfaction.

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Here is a picture of The new Special Representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations in Haiti, Mr. Mariano Fernández. He will be the new head of the Minustah in Haiti, replacing Edmond Mulet who has been in the position since the 2010 Haiti earthquake. This new Special Representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations in Haiti and head of the Minustah, Mr. Mariano Fernández, was born in Chile. He will be meeting with the new Haitian president, Michel Martelly, as well as some other high ranking officials of the Haitian government

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