Las operaciones para el mantenimiento de la paz en Haití (1991-2005)

Abstract

The MINUSTAH mission is the first intervention in the history of peace operations where the Latin American involvement resulted from a political agreement among the region governments. The peace operation challenge is, on the one hand, the reconstruction of a State and, on the other hand, demonstrating the ability of Latin American countries for handling this type of conflicts.This paper analyzes UN peacekeeping operations in Haiti,2 evaluates the abilities, the resources, and the political mechanisms available to multilateral bodies and governments for handling and addressing such conflict on an effective way. The purpose of this paper is not investigating the events that determined the intervention in 2004. Rather, its purpose is to analyze the interventions of the UN peacekeeping operations in Haiti, –UN Mission in Haiti (UNMIH), from September 1993 to June 1996; UN Support Mission in Haiti (UNSMIH), from July 1996 to July 1997; UN Transition Mission in Haiti (UNTMIH), from August to November 1997; and UN Civilian Police Mission in Haiti (MIPONUH), from December 1997 to March 2000;– the intervention of the Multinational Force (MNF) between March and June 2004, and particularly the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) that replaced the latter and remains in Haiti.