Following the Haitian Army's overthrow of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in September 1991, a succession of governments led to sectarian violence, and in May 1994, the military installed Supreme Court Justice Emile Jonassaint as Haiti's provisional president. The United Nations (UN) authorized force to restore order and the US initiated &lt;a href="Operation%20Uphold%20Democracy"&gt;Operations Support Democracy and Uphold/Restore Democracy&lt;/a&gt;: Uphold Democracy for a peaceful entry into Haiti, and Restore Democracy in the event of resistance.