What Role for the U.N. in Haiti?

Event Summary

Comments from this meeting were incorporated into a USIPeace Briefing "What Role for the United Nations in Haiti?" by Robert Maguire.

Overview

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.