The United Nations Mission for Justice Support in Haiti (MINUJUSTH) was a peacekeeping mission in Haiti mandated by the
United Nations Security Council
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through
Resolutions 2350 (2017) and 2410 (2018). It was the successor to
MINUSTAH (the United Nations Stabilisation Mission in Haiti).
In April 2017, the Security Council unanimously agreed that the then 2,370 soldiers serving in
United Nations Stabilisation Mission in Haiti
The United Nations Stabilisation Mission in Haiti (), also known as MINUSTAH, an acronym of its French name, was a United Nations, UN peacekeeping mission in Haiti from 2004 to 2017. It was composed of 2,366 military personnel and 2,533 police, s ...
(MINUSTAH) had to be gradually withdrawn until 15 October 2017 to make way for the new MINUJUSTH as the successor operation.
MINUJUSTH had up to 1,275 members of the police force as well as correction officers and international civilians, but no military personnel.
Two
Indian units that served in MINUSTAH remained in Haiti to serve in MINUJUSTH, while the other unit returned to India.
The mission was mandated until 15 April 2018 then extended by one year with the passing of
UN Security Council Resolution 2410.
On 25 June 2019, a new resolution was adopted by the Security Council that set MINUJUSTH's mandate to come to an end on 15 October 2019. The mission's end marked the conclusion of 15 years of UN peacekeeping operations in Haiti.
After the end of the mission, a new
United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH)
The United Nations Mission for Justice Support in Haiti (MINUJUSTH) was a peacekeeping mission in Haiti mandated by the United Nations Security Council through Resolutions 2350 (2017) and 2410 (2018). It was the successor to MINUSTAH (the Unit ...
was set to be created to coordinate all of the remaining projects, actions and funds of the
United Nations
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in Haiti.
See also
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United Nations Mission in Haiti
The United Nations Mission in Haiti (UNMIH) was a peacekeeping operation carried out by the United Nations between September 1993 and June 1996. The Mission was reestablished (''MINUSTAH'') in April 2004, after a 2004 Haitian coup d'état, rebell ...
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List of UN peacekeeping missions
This is a list of United Nations peacekeeping missions since the United Nations was founded in 1945, organized by region, with the dates of deployment, the name of the related conflict, and the name of the UN operation.
Peacekeeping, as define ...
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References
External links
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Haiti
Haiti, officially the Republic of Haiti, is a country on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and south of the Bahamas. It occupies the western three-eighths of the island, which it shares with the Dominican ...
Haiti
Haiti, officially the Republic of Haiti, is a country on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and south of the Bahamas. It occupies the western three-eighths of the island, which it shares with the Dominican ...
Political history of Haiti
2017 in Haiti
Haiti and the United Nations