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Friday, October 11, 2013
The United Nations Security Council has agreed to extend its peacekeeping mission in Haiti until mid-October 2014; in its continued effort to help with stability and development in the Caribbean nation.
In his recent report on the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said that, while challenges remain, the progress made in the stabilization of Haiti since the initial deployment of the mission in 2004 has been ?considerable.?
?Given recent achievements and the evolution of the challenges facing Haiti, the ongoing reconfiguration of MINUSTAH should continue. Nine years after its initial deployment, it is worth examining whether a large multidimensional peacekeeping operation is still the most appropriate form of international support to Haiti,? he added.
Thursday?s resolution decided that MINUSTAH?s overall force levels will consist of up to 5,021 troops and of a police component composed of up to 2,601 personnel. Currently, the mission consists of 6,233 troops and 2,457 police.
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