What Role for the U.N. in Haiti?

On October 13, the mandate for United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) was renewed. One in a series of U.N. missions since 1993, MINUSTAH has unprecedented star power with the appointment of President Bill Clinton as U.N. special envoy. As the U.N. considers reauthorizating MINUSTAH, a panel of experts discussed the U.N.'s future in Haiti and the continuing need for peacekeeping forces.

Speakers

• Ambassador Raymond Joseph
  Ambassador to the United States, Embassy of Haiti
• David Harland
  Director of Europe and Latin American Division, U.N. Department of Peacekeeping Operations
• David Beer
  Director of Business Development, Pearson Peacekeeping Centre of Canada
• Eduarda Hamann
  Deputy Coordinator, Peace Opearations Project, Viva Rio of Brazil
• Robert Maguire, Moderator
  Associate Professor, Trinity Washington University
  Chair of the Haiti Working Group and former Senior Fellow, U.S. Institute of Peace

Archived Audio

• Listen to the audio recording of this discussion here.