In December the United Nations said it was investigating allegations of assault and attempted homicide by Brazilian peacekeepers.
force faced renewed public protests over allegations a group of Uruguayan troops raped a man. police officers in the capital Port-au-Prince and at least one member of a U.N. soldiers be stripped of immunity and be tried in a Haitian court. The rape cases have triggered renewed protests and demands from Haitian senators that U.N. In January, the United Nations announced it was investigating two allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse involving minors in Haiti.
The United Nations would be highly unlikely to agree to fund the new military, diplomats add, especially given the more urgent need to resettle victims of the 2010 earthquake that left hundreds of thousands of Haitians homeless. Many international experts argue that reviving the Haitian army would be a dangerous and costly move which the cash-strapped nation cannot afford. “While we are clear-eyed about some of the recent tensions and issues, the men and women of MINUSTAH will continue to play an important supporting role in strengthening the Haitian National Police and Haiti’s other critical rule of law institutions,” she said. troops, though she did not address the proposal to create a new army, focusing instead on the need for better policing. Rice recognized the controversy surrounding the U.N. ambassador to the United Nations, who is leading the Security Council delegation. peacekeepers had played a crucial role in Haiti and will continue to do so for some time to come, said Susan Rice, U.S. peacekeepers were sent to Haiti in 2004 after an armed uprising against President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, who fled into exile but has since returned. Martelly has proposed replacing the peacekeeping force with a reconstituted Haitian army, which was disbanded in 1995 after a brutal period of military rule. They are also expected to meet with President Michel Martelly. The 15 council members will travel to the cities of Miragoane, Leogane and Cap-Haitien, as well as visiting parliament, earthquake resettlement camps and a police training academy. role in Haiti after recent allegations of rape involving Pakistani soldiers, on top of anger over a deadly cholera epidemic in 2010 linked to the peacekeeping force, known as MINUSTAH. There has been mounting public unease over the U.N. Security Council delegation arrived in Haiti on Monday for a four-day visit to Haiti to assess security needs before a decision over reducing the 10,500-member peacekeeping force.
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