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    A Sobering Security Council Trip to Haiti

    by  • February 21, 2012 • Security Council • 0 Comments

    Security Council Visits the Fort National UN Base in Haiti

    One of the most interesting developments in the Security Council’s work in the past decades is the increasing frequency and immediacy of “road trips” ambassadors are taking to the most problematic places on their agenda. Recent delegations have gone on missions to Afghanistan and numerous African nations, among other places. A year-old Russian proposal for [...]

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    Cutting Back on Peacekeepers in Haiti

    by  • October 19, 2011 • GOINGS-ON • 0 Comments

    Maj. Gen. Ramos of Minustah, the UN peacekeeping mission in Haiti, next to Edmond Mulet, far left, former Minustah chief. VICTORIA HAZOU/UN PHOTO

    The Security Council extended the mandate of the UN peacekeeping mission in Haiti, known as Minustah, for another year, to Oct. 15, 2012, and agreed to reduce the number of troops there by 2,500 in a unanimously adopted resolution. The number of uniformed personnel in Haiti will be cut from an estimated 13,000 to about [...]

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