Security Council resolution 1927 (2010) [on the composition of the military and police components of the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH)]
Symbol: S/RES/1927(2010)
Date: 2010-06-04
Status: adopted
Agenda: S/65 [137] UN STABILIZATION MISSION IN HAITI
S/65 [138] HAITI--POLITICAL CONDITIONS
Subjects: UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti|Haitian National Police|UN Country Team (Haiti)|UN. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs|Haiti. Conseil provisoire électoral|OAS|Charter of the United Nations (1945). Chapter VII|PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS|INTERNAL SECURITY|ELECTIONS|HAITI|MILITARY PERSONNEL|POLICE|HAITI QUESTION|CRIME PREVENTION|HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE|RECONSTRUCTION|PROGRAMME PLANNING|SUPPORT SERVICES|RULE OF LAW|INSTITUTION BUILDING|RESETTLEMENT|DISPLACED PERSONS|ELECTION VERIFICATION|COOPERATION BETWEEN ORGANIZATIONS
Votes in favour: 15
Votes against: 0
Abstentions: 0
Voting record:
country: AUSTRIA
vote: yes
country: BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
vote: yes
country: BRAZIL
vote: yes
country: CHINA
vote: yes
country: FRANCE
vote: yes
country: GABON
vote: yes
country: JAPAN
vote: yes
country: LEBANON
vote: yes
country: MEXICO
vote: yes
country: NIGERIA
vote: yes
country: RUSSIAN FEDERATION
vote: yes
country: TURKEY
vote: yes
country: UGANDA
vote: yes
country: UNITED KINGDOM
vote: yes
country: UNITED STATES
vote: yes

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               Security Council                                                Distr.: General
                                                                               4 June 2010




               Resolution 1927 (2010)
               Adopted by the Security Council at its 6330th meeting,
               on 4 June 2010

                    The Security Council,
                    Reaffirming its previous resolutions on Haiti, in particular its resolutions 1908
               (2010), 1892 (2009), 1840 (2008), 1780 (2007), 1743 (2007), 1702 (2006), 1658
               (2006), 1608 (2005), 1576 (2004) and 1542 (2004),
                     Reaffirming its strong commitment to the sovereignty, independence, territorial
               integrity and unity of Haiti,
                     Recognizing the significant devastation that has been suffered by the
               Government and people of Haiti, expressing concern regarding the new challenges
               and threats as a result of the earthquake of 12 January 2010, and stressing the need
               for MINUSTAH to continue to focus its work on ensuring Haiti’s security and
               stability as currently mandated by the Security Council,
                    Sharing the Secretary-General’s assessment of the impact of the earthquake
               which has not destroyed the gains towards stabilization made in the past few years
               but has created new obstacles as well as new opportunities,
                    Recognizing the need for expanded assistance by the international community
               to the Government of Haiti in order to allow State institutions to continue
               operations, provide basic services and build State capacity, and acknowledging the
               valuable supporting role MINUSTAH can play in this regard,
                     Welcoming the establishment of priorities by the Government of Haiti in its
               Action Plan for National Recovery and Development presented at the Haiti
               International Donors’ Conference and encouraging the international community to
               align their activities with the Action Plan,
                     Welcoming the significant contributions of the international community,
               particularly at the International Donors’ Conference “Towards a New Future for
               Haiti” held on 31 March 2010, and urging donors to fulfil their pledges in a timely
               manner,
                     Commending the extraordinary efforts undertaken by the United Nations to
               respond to the earthquake, recognizing the critical role of MINUSTAH in ensuring
               stability and security in Haiti and also recognizing the complementary roles
               MINUSTAH and the United Nations Country Team have fulfilled to date in assisting

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               Haiti in its recovery efforts, and reaffirming the authority of the Special
               Representative of the Secretary-General in the coordination and conduct of all
               activities of United Nations agencies, funds and programmes in Haiti,
                    Stressing the leading role of the Government of Haiti in its post-disaster
               recovery and reconstruction process and underlining the necessity for increased
               coordination and complementary efforts among all United Nations actors and other
               relevant stakeholders in assisting the Government in this regard,
                     Reaffirming the need for the Haitian authorities to continue their efforts to
               promote and protect human rights, including through strengthening national human
               rights institutions, as well as putting an end to impunity and ensuring the rule of law
               and security,
                     Stressing the importance of holding municipal, legislative and presidential
               elections in a timely manner, welcoming the Haitian authorities’ intention to do so,
               and encouraging all political parties and relevant stakeholders to work together
               towards this end and to promote the participation of women in the electoral process,
                     Welcoming the Secretary-General’s report (S/2010/200) of 22 April 2010, and
               its recommendations,
                     Acting under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations, as described in
               section 1 of operative paragraph 7 of resolution 1542 (2004),
                    1.    Authorizes the deployment of a further 680 police in addition to the
               police strength authorized by resolution 1908 (2010), as a temporary surge capacity
               with clearly defined objectives, and a particular focus on building the capacity of
               the Haitian National Police;
                    2.     Decides, therefore, that MINUSTAH will consist of a military component
               of up to 8,940 troops of all ranks and of a police component of up to 4,391 police
               and that it will keep the new levels of troops and police in MINUSTAH under close
               and regular review, including through the electoral period and subsequent
               constitutional transfer of power, and requests the Secretary-General to include in his
               upcoming report to the Council an assessment of the implementation of resolution
               1908 and the present resolution;
                    3.    Reiterates that the ownership and primary responsibility for stabilization
               and development lies with the Government and people of Haiti, and recognizes the
               supporting role of MINUSTAH in this regard;
                     4.    Recognizes the need for MINUSTAH to assist the Government of Haiti in
               providing adequate protection of the population, with particular attention to the
               needs of internally displaced persons and other vulnerable groups, especially women
               and children, including through additional joint community policing in the camps
               along with strengthened mechanisms to address sexual and gender-based violence;
               and to tackle the risk of a resurgence in gang violence, organized crime and
               trafficking of children;
                     5.   Requests MINUSTAH to continue, within its current mandate, its
               collaboration with OCHA and the United Nations Country Team in supporting the
               humanitarian and recovery efforts and further encourages all actors to continue to
               engage in joint planning and coordination at the national and local level;




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                6.    Underscores the importance that the planning documents for the military
           and police components, such as the concept of operations and rules of engagement,
           be regularly updated, as appropriate, and be in line with the provisions of all its
           relevant resolutions, and requests the Secretary-General to report on them to the
           Security Council and troop- and police-contributing countries;
                 7.   Encourages MINUSTAH to provide logistical support and technical
           expertise, within available means, to assist the Government of Haiti, as requested, to
           continue operations to build the capacity of its rule of law institutions at the national
           and local level, and to speed up the implementation of the government’s
           resettlement strategy for displaced persons, in the knowledge that such measures are
           temporary and will be phased out as Haitian national capacity grows;
                 8.   Requests MINUSTAH to continue its support to the Haitian Government
           and to the Provisional Electoral Council, as requested, in the preparation and
           conduct of Haiti’s elections, and to coordinate international electoral assistance to
           Haiti in cooperation with other international stakeholders including the OAS;
                9.    Decides to remain seized of the matter.




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