The United Nations Security Council unanimously decided to shut down its 13-year stabilization mission in Haiti, extending the peacekeeping operation's mandate for a final six months, reports the Miami Herald. The current mission will be replaced in October with a smaller one, focused on human rights, justice and police development -- the United Nations Mission for Justice Support in Haiti or MINUJUSTH. Over the upcoming months the 2,300 troops deployed by the U.N. will gradually withdraw, leaving seven United Nations police units will remain for an initial period of six months to train Haitian police officers.
U.N. to pull out peacekeepers from Haiti
U.N. to pull out peacekeepers from Haiti
U.N. to pull out peacekeepers from Haiti
The United Nations Security Council unanimously decided to shut down its 13-year stabilization mission in Haiti, extending the peacekeeping operation's mandate for a final six months, reports the Miami Herald. The current mission will be replaced in October with a smaller one, focused on human rights, justice and police development -- the United Nations Mission for Justice Support in Haiti or MINUJUSTH. Over the upcoming months the 2,300 troops deployed by the U.N. will gradually withdraw, leaving seven United Nations police units will remain for an initial period of six months to train Haitian police officers.