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The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) is helping the impoverished Caribbean country prepare for upcoming legislative elections, providing secondary support in logistics, security and raising public awareness while leaving the primary organizing role to the national authorities.

“It is the responsibility of the Haitian authorities to organize good elections,” Marco Donati, the senor UN official in the southern region told a recent meeting in Les Cayes to encourage the local youth to participate in the polls. “MINUSTAH is merely playing a secondary role in the elections.”

The mission is also helping the authorities to maintain a stable political atmosphere conducive to electing the country’s legislators, he added.

— "Haiti: UN helps in preparations for legislative elections"