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

Start Date: 
October 14, 2009 - 9:30am
End Date: 
October 14, 2009 - 11:30am

Location

United States Institute of Peace
1200 17th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036


 

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