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The Cité Soleil raid of 2007 began on February 10, 2007, in the Cité Soleil district of Port-au-Prince, capital city of Haiti. It was intended to crack down on a notorious gang leader called "Evans". The raid was part of the United Nations Stabilisation Mission in Haiti. [1]
At least 134 Sri Lankan soldiers serving with the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti were accused of sexually abusing nine Haitian children from 2004 to 2007. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] In 2016, the Sri Lankan government decided to make a one-time ex-gratia payment to a victim and child born as a result of sexual exploitation and abuse, which was praised by ...
Although the United Nations Stabilization Mission (MINUSTAH) had been in Haiti since 2004, as of 2007, it continued to struggle for control over the armed gangs. It maintained an armed checkpoint at the entrance to the shanty town of Cité Soleil and a roadblock with armed vehicles. [43]
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An outspoken critic of human rights abuses in Haiti, O’Neill is more than familiar with Haiti where he helped in the creation of the police. United Nations names independent expert on human ...
Already by the late 1950s, the Cold War and the Red Scare had left their mark on the popular representation of the United Nations in film, severely curbing it. Hollywood actress Myrna Loy, who helped found the US chapter of the UNESCO national association in 1948 and was a key internationalist figure in Hollywood circles, had to publicly protest in 1955 due to the difficulty of obtaining a ...
The United Nations Mission in Haiti (UNMIH) was a peacekeeping operation carried out by the United Nations between September 1993 and June 1996. The Mission was reestablished ( MINUSTAH ) in April 2004, after a rebellion took over most of Haiti and President Bertrand Aristide resigned. [ 1 ]
The top United Nations official in Haiti raises concerns about a sharp increase in lynchings and other forms of mob violence. The United States and India confirm a deal on nuclear co-operation. Clinical trials for MVA85A, a new vaccine against tuberculosis, are started in South Africa.