MINUSTAH mandate renewed for another year

[bcholmes]

At its 6631st meeting, the Security Council has extended this Friday, October 14, 2011, the mandate of the UN Mission for Stabilization in Haiti (Minustah), which was to expire tomorrow, until October 15, 2012.

Recognizing that the overall security situation in Haiti, while fragile, had improved in the year since a powerful earthquake struck the tiny island nation, the Security Council today extended until 15 October 2012 the mandate of the Minustah.

– "Haiti - Security : The mandate of the Minustah renewed for one year"

Everyone expected this, but it's still a kick in the teeth.

We're looking at:

• widespread allegations of human rights abuses
• numerous instances of collateral killing of innocent bystanders during MINUSTAH raids on poorer slums
• 80+ of Sri Lankan soldiers sent home (but not charged) for widespread sexual exploitation of children
• blocking the investigation of a Haitian man who was found mysteriously hanged in a MINUSTAH base in Kapayisyen
• Shooting a mourner at Fr. Jean-Juste's funeral
• Introducing a cholera epidemic to the country
• raping (and videotaping!) an 18-year old man

What do you think it takes to get an organization like MINUSTAH kicked out of Haiti?