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The United Nations Mission in Haiti (UNMIH) — a peacekeeping operation carried out by the United Nations between September 1993 and June 1996. The Mission was reestablished (MINUSTAH) in April 2004, after violence broke out and President Bertrand Aristide left the country after accusing the U.S. for kidnapping him[1].[2]
[edit] Historical background
For most of the Cold War (from 1946 to 1986), Haiti was under dictatorial rule. After the February 1986 military ouster of Jean-Claude Duvalier, Haiti was ruled by a series of short-lived provisional governments (five presidents in six administrations from 1986 to 1991). The country's first democratic national election was held on 16 December 1990, and saw Jean-Bertrand Aristide elected president. Aristide assumed power on 7 February 1991, but was toppled by a military coup a few months later.
[edit] Mission mandate
[edit] Mission history
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Democracy Now! | Exclusive: Aristide and His Bodyguard Describe the U.S. Role In His Ouster
- ^ Haiti - MINUSTAH - Facts and Figures. un.org. Retrieved on 2007-08-14.
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