- The Oxford Handbook of United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
- About the Editors
- Abbreviations
- List of Contributors
- Introduction: The United Nations and Peacekeeping
- Trends in Peace Operations, 1947–2013
- Peacekeeping and International Law
- The United Nations’ Inter-organizational Relations in Peacekeeping
- Peace Operations and Humanitarian Interventions
- Evaluating Peace Operations
- Introduction: Post-Cold War Peacekeeping: 1988–1998
- United Nations Good Offices Mission in Afghanistan and Pakistan (UNGOMAP)
- United Nations Iran–Iraq Military Observer Group (UNIIMOG)
- United Nations Angola Verification Mission I (UNAVEM I)
- United Nations Transition Assistance Group (UNTAG)
- United Nations Observer Group in Central America (ONUCA)
- United Nations Iraq–Kuwait Observation Mission (UNIKOM)
- United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO)
- United Nations Angola Verification Missions II and III (UNAVEM II and III)
- United Nations Observer Mission in El Salvador (ONUSAL)
- United Nations Advance Mission in Cambodia (UNAMIC)
- United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR—Croatia)
- United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR—Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC)
- United Nations Operation in Somalia I (UNOSOM I)
- United Nations Operation in Mozambique (ONUMOZ)
- United Nations Operation in Somalia II (UNOSOM II)
- United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG)
- United Nations Observer Mission in Liberia (UNOMIL)
- United Nations Observer Mission Uganda–Rwanda (UNOMUR) and United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda I (UNAMIR I)
- United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda II (UNAMIR II)
- United Nations Aouzou Strip Observer Group (UNASOG)
- United Nations Mission of Observers in Tajikistan (UNMOT)
- United Nations Preventive Deployment Force (UNPREDEP—Macedonia)
- United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (UNMIBH)
- United Nations Transitional Administration for Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium (UNTAES) and UN Civilian Police Support Group in Croatia (UNPSG)
- United Nations Mission of Observers in Prevlaka (UNMOP)
- United Nations Mission in Haiti (UNMIH)
- United Nations Support Mission in Haiti (UNSMIH)
- United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala (MINUGUA)
- United Nations Observer Mission in Angola (MONUA)
- United Nations Transition Mission in Haiti (UNTMIH)
- United Nations Civilian Police Mission in Haiti (MIPONUH)
- United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic (MINURCA)
- United Nations Observer Mission in Sierra Leone (UNOMSIL)
- Index
Abstract and Keywords
This chapter focuses on the United Nations Mission in Haiti (UNMIH), a peacekeeping mission created by the UN Security Council in September 1993 to provide assistance and training to the Haitian National Police and to modernize the Haitian Armed Forces. After providing an overview of the civil war in Haiti, the chapter outlines UNMIH’s mandate and evaluates its operational achievements and limitations.
Keywords: UNMIH, peacekeeping mission, UN Security Council, Haitian National Police, civil war, Haiti, Organization of American States, United Nations Development Programme, United Nations
Antonio Ramalho, Ph.D., is Associate Professor at the Instituto de Relações Internacionais, Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro.
Danilo Marcondes de Souza Neto is a Ph.D. student at the Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Cambridge.
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- The Oxford Handbook of United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
- About the Editors
- Abbreviations
- List of Contributors
- Introduction: The United Nations and Peacekeeping
- Trends in Peace Operations, 1947–2013
- Peacekeeping and International Law
- The United Nations’ Inter-organizational Relations in Peacekeeping
- Peace Operations and Humanitarian Interventions
- Evaluating Peace Operations
- Introduction: Post-Cold War Peacekeeping: 1988–1998
- United Nations Good Offices Mission in Afghanistan and Pakistan (UNGOMAP)
- United Nations Iran–Iraq Military Observer Group (UNIIMOG)
- United Nations Angola Verification Mission I (UNAVEM I)
- United Nations Transition Assistance Group (UNTAG)
- United Nations Observer Group in Central America (ONUCA)
- United Nations Iraq–Kuwait Observation Mission (UNIKOM)
- United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO)
- United Nations Angola Verification Missions II and III (UNAVEM II and III)
- United Nations Observer Mission in El Salvador (ONUSAL)
- United Nations Advance Mission in Cambodia (UNAMIC)
- United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR—Croatia)
- United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR—Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC)
- United Nations Operation in Somalia I (UNOSOM I)
- United Nations Operation in Mozambique (ONUMOZ)
- United Nations Operation in Somalia II (UNOSOM II)
- United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG)
- United Nations Observer Mission in Liberia (UNOMIL)
- United Nations Observer Mission Uganda–Rwanda (UNOMUR) and United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda I (UNAMIR I)
- United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda II (UNAMIR II)
- United Nations Aouzou Strip Observer Group (UNASOG)
- United Nations Mission of Observers in Tajikistan (UNMOT)
- United Nations Preventive Deployment Force (UNPREDEP—Macedonia)
- United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (UNMIBH)
- United Nations Transitional Administration for Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium (UNTAES) and UN Civilian Police Support Group in Croatia (UNPSG)
- United Nations Mission of Observers in Prevlaka (UNMOP)
- United Nations Mission in Haiti (UNMIH)
- United Nations Support Mission in Haiti (UNSMIH)
- United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala (MINUGUA)
- United Nations Observer Mission in Angola (MONUA)
- United Nations Transition Mission in Haiti (UNTMIH)
- United Nations Civilian Police Mission in Haiti (MIPONUH)
- United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic (MINURCA)
- United Nations Observer Mission in Sierra Leone (UNOMSIL)
- Index