Security Council Resolution 2350 (2017) [on Final Extension of the Mandate of the Un Stabilization Mission in Haiti (Minustah) Until 15 Oct. 2017 and Establishment of the Un Mission for Justice Support in Haiti (Minujusth)]

S/RES/2350 (2017)View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the Security Council, under agenda item 137 The question concerning Haiti, published in 2017.

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

3 reports · 2017–2018

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2018	S/2018/241	Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Mission for Justice Support in Haiti	S/RES/2350 (2017)
2017	S/2017/840	Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti	S/RES/2350 (2017)
2017	S/2017/604	Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti	S/RES/2350 (2017)

What subjects does this mandate have?

5 subjects

Haiti Haiti Question Internal Security Peacekeeping Operations Rule of Law

What’s in this document?

24 operative paragraphs

Decides to extend MINUSTAH’s mandate, as contained in its resolutions 2313 (2016), 2243 (2015), 2180 (2014), 2119 (2013), 2070 (2012), 2012 (2011), 1944 (2010), 1927 (2010), 1908 (2010), 1892 (2009), 1840 (2008), 1780 (2007), 1743 (2007), 1702 (2006), 1658 (2006), 1608 (2005), 1576 (2004), and 1542 (2004), for a final period of six months, and that the Mission shall close by 15 October 2017;

Decides that the military component of MINUSTAH shall gradually drawdown during the final six-month period, fully withdrawing from Haiti by 15 October 2017;

Reaffirms that, in the framework of the improvement of the rule of law in Haiti, strengthening the justice sector and the capacity of the HNP, including in its efforts to strengthen the Directorate of Prisons Administration (DAP) management, is paramount for the Government of Haiti to take timely and full responsibility for Haiti’s security needs;

Requests the Secretary-General to begin immediately to reduce MINUSTAH tasks in a phased manner ensuring that critical functions are defined and appropriate support capacity maintained, and further requests MINUSTAH to prioritize efforts and to ensure a successful and responsible transition to United Nations Mission for Justice Support in Haiti (MINUJUSTH), as established in paragraph 5, and further strengthening the institutional and operational capacities of the HNP;

Decides to establish a follow-on peacekeeping mission in Haiti, MINUJUSTH, which shall be composed of up to seven Formed Police Units (FPUs) (or 980 FPU personnel) and 295 Individual Police Officers (IPOs), for an initial period of six months from 16 October 2017 until 15 April 2018, and emphasizes the importance of reaching the above-mentioned levels;

Further decides MINUJUSTH shall be mandated to assist the Government of Haiti to strengthen rule of law institutions in Haiti; further support and develop the HNP; and engage in human rights monitoring, reporting, and analysis;

Further decides that MINUJUSTH will be headed by a Special Representative of the Secretary-General, who will also play a good offices and advocacy role at the political level to ensure full implementation of the mandate;

Underscores that MINUJUSTH shall retain seven FPUs, reduced from MINUSTAH’s current 11, deployed to five regional departments to safeguard the security gains of the past years through the provision of operational support to the HNP and that the number of FPUs shall be adjusted downward and harmonized with the gradual build-up of the HNP within a projected two-year timeframe;

Stresses that the 295 IPOs reduced from MINUSTAH’s authorized 1,001 would play a key role in the implementation of the priorities in the HNP Strategic Development Plan 2017-2021;

Further underscores that the 38 government-provided corrections personnel reduced from the current level of 50 would play a key role in more fully engaging the HNP in efforts to strengthen the DAP management;

Decides that the rule of law efforts of MINUJUSTH, including community violence reduction efforts and quick impact projects, as appropriate, will be part of a strategy towards a continued, progressive transition to development actors;

Authorizes MINUJUSTH to use all necessary means to carry out its mandate to support and develop the HNP and in paragraph 13;

Further authorizes the Mission to protect civilians under imminent threat of physical violence, within its capabilities and areas of deployment, as needed;

Requests the Secretary-General to ensure medical enablers, and to also ensure air assets necessary to deploy security forces rapidly throughout Haiti and in support of the HNP;

Reaffirms the importance for MINUJUSTH to take fully into account gender mainstreaming as a crosscutting issue throughout its mandate and to assist the Government of Haiti in ensuring the participation, involvement and representation of women at all levels;

Recognizes the ownership and primary responsibility of the Government and the people of Haiti over all aspects of the country’s development; and encourages MINUJUSTH to continue its efforts to provide logistical and technical expertise, within available means and consistent with its mandate;

Recalls its resolution 2272 (2016), and all other relevant United Nations resolutions, and requests the Secretary-General to take the necessary steps to ensure full compliance of all MINUSTAH and MINUJUSTH personnel with the United Nations zero-tolerance policy on sexual exploitation and abuse, and to continue to keep the Council informed, and urges troop and police-contributing countries to redouble efforts in preventing cases of misconduct and to ensure that acts involving their personnel are properly investigated and punished;

Commends the commitment of the troop- and police-contributing countries in implementing United Nations mandates in challenging environments, and in this connection, highlights the importance of addressing the issues of undeclared national caveats, lack of effective command and control, refusal to obey orders, failure to respond to attacks on civilians, and inadequate equipment, that may adversely affect effective mandate implementation;

Further affirms the importance of a successful and responsible transition between MINUSTAH and MINUJUSTH and underscores the importance of coordination between MINUJUSTH and UNCT, and further requests the Secretary-General to establish a MINUJUSTH advance planning team at the earliest possible date;

Requests the Secretary-General to complete the joint MINUSTAH and UNCT Transition Plan within the six-month period referred to in paragraph 1, in order for MINUJUSTH to be operational immediately following MINUSTAH’s closure, detailing the transfer of tasks that will occur and addressing residual stabilization needs in the country;

Requests the Secretary-General to report to the Security Council on the implementation of this resolution, including any instances of mandate implementation failures, within 90 days and 180 days from its adoption, as well as in an assessment report 30 days before the expiration of MINUJUSTH’s initial mandate;

Requests that the initial 90 day report include details on the joint MINUSTAH and UNCT Transition Plan referred to in paragraph 20, and further requests that the assessment report referenced in paragraph 21 set out a well-developed and clearly benchmarked projected two-year exit strategy to a non-peacekeeping United Nations presence in Haiti to continue supporting the efforts of the Government of Haiti in sustaining peace and peacebuilding;

Expresses its intent to continue to review conditions in Haiti, and to consider adapting MINUJUSTH’s mandate and police force levels, as needed, to preserve the progress Haiti has made towards durable security and stability;

Decides to remain actively seized of the matter.

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