UN set to wrap up Haiti peacekeeping missions in mid-October
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}In this Aug. 16, 2016 photo, a Brazilian U.N. peacekeeper opens a gate at the U.N. base in the Cite Soleil slum of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. According to an AP investigation, some 150 allegations of abuse and exploitation were reported in Haiti between 2004 and 2016. The allegations involved U.N. peacekeepers and other personnel. Alleged victimizers came from Bangladesh, Brazil, Jordan, Nigeria, Pakistan, Uruguay and Sri Lanka, according to U.N. data and interviews. More countries may have been involved, but the United Nations only started disclosing alleged perpetrators’ nationalities after 2015. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery) (The Associated Press)
The Security Council is set to wrap up the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Haiti by mid-October after more than 20 years, in recognition of "the major milestone" the country has achieved toward stabilization following recent elections.
The council is scheduled to vote Thursday on a draft resolution that extends the mandate of the mission for a final six months during which the 2,370 military personnel will gradually leave.
The resolution will create a follow-on peacekeeping mission for six months, comprising 1,275 police, to continue training Haiti's force.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The United States is currently reviewing the U.N.'s 16 peacekeeping operations to assess costs and effectiveness and U.S. ambassador Nikki Haley told the council Tuesday that thanks to recent elections in Haiti "the political context is right" for a new and smaller mission.