MINUJUSTH

Miragoane, 30 October 2018: female members of the Bangladeshi Formed Police Units greet Helen La Lime, the UN Special Representative in Haiti and Head of MINUJUSTH
Leonora Baumann / UN MINUJUSTH

Security Council approves ‘historic’ political Haiti mission, ending UN peacekeeping role in the country

25 June 2019
Peace and Security

The Security Council on Monday approved a resolution to create a UN “Integrated Office” in Haiti, designed to support the country’s government in strengthening political stability and good governance. The Office, named BINUH, will replace the peacekeeping mission in Haiti on October 16, putting an end to 15 years of peacekeeping presence in the country.

 

A scene from inside a women's prison, Haiti, October 2018.
MINUJUSTH/Leonora Baumann

Haiti: ‘Laden with challenges’ but also hope, Mission chief tells Security Council

12 December 2018
Peace and Security

Haiti is “laden with challenges, but also hope”, the head of the UN Mission in the country told the Security Council on Wednesday, against the backdrop of on-going political unrest in the Caribbean country.

A brigade works to clean the streets in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, following three days of violent protests.
MINUJUSTH/Leonora Baumann

UN Security Council calls for calm following violent protests in Haiti

12 July 2018
Peace and Security

While acknowledging the right to peaceful assembly, the United Nations Security Council has strongly condemned recent violence in Haiti, sparked by protests against a Government announcement of fuel price increases, reportedly of up to 50 per cent, last Friday.

Susan Page, Head of the UN Mission for Justice Support in Haiti (MINUJUSTH).
UN News (screengrab)

New UN mission to support rule of law, police development in Haiti

26 December 2017
Interviews

Mobile police teams from the new UN mission in Haiti will bring together local communities and political leaders in efforts to find solutions to the country’s peace and justice needs.

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Sandra Honoré, The Special Representative of the Secretary General and chief of MINUSTAH.
UN Photo

Support from the UN to end cholera in Haiti will continue

12 October 2017
General News

Support from the UN to help Haiti finally put an end to cholera, will continue when a new UN Mission for Justice Support, known as MINUJUSTH,

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