Security Council Resolution 2466 (2019) [on Extension of the Mandate of the Un Mission for Justice Support in Haiti (Minujusth) Until 15 Oct. 2019]

S/RES/2466 (2019)View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the Security Council, under agenda item 139 The question concerning Haiti, published in 2019.

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

2 reports · 2019

Year	Symbol	Title		Mandate resolution
2019	S/2019/805	United Nations Mission for Justice Support in Haiti report of the Secretary-General		S/RES/2466 (2019)
2019	S/2019/563	United Nations Mission for Justice Support in Haiti report of the Secretary-General		S/RES/2466 (2019)

What subjects does this mandate have?

6 subjects

Haiti Haiti Question Internal Security Peacekeeping Operations Rule of Law Special Missions

What’s in this document?

15 operative paragraphs

Decides to extend the mandate of MINUJUSTH for a final period of six months until 15 October 2019;

Requests the Secretary-General to initiate the necessary planning for an appropriate integrated United Nations system presence in Haiti, including an SPM, as recommended in paragraphs 71 to 82 of the Secretary-General’s most recent report and beginning on 16 October 2019, with the capacity and expertise to coordinate the activities of United Nations agencies, funds and programmes, to cooperate with the donor community, and to continue to support the efforts of the Government of Haiti in peace consolidation and long-term development after MINUJUSTH has withdrawn; and further requests the Secretary-General prepare for and begin the gradual, phased withdrawal of MINUJUSTH personnel in advance of 15 October 2019 as appropriate, ensuring a seamless transition;

Requests the Secretary-General to report to the Security Council within 30 days of the adoption of this resolution regarding the operational details of the proposed SPM, including its specific objectives and information regarding its proposed deployment, staffing, and structure for the Security Council’s consideration and subsequent authorization; and further requests the Secretary-General to initiate transition planning and management in accordance with the established UN policies, directives, and best practices;

Encourages close collaboration between MINUJUSTH and the United Nations Country Team in Haiti to ensure a seamless transition from a UN peacekeeping presence;

Requests the Secretary-General to report to the Council on the implementation of this resolution, including any instances of mandate implementation failures and measures taken to address these, in reports every 90 days starting from 12 April 2019;

Encourages the Government of Haiti and MINUJUSTH to continue working together towards achieving the objectives outlined in the benchmarks of the two-year exit strategy and underscores the urgency for the Government of Haiti to take all appropriate steps to ensure respect for and protection of human rights by the HNP and the judiciary as an essential element of Haiti’s stability, and calls on MINUJUSTH to provide monitoring and support in line with its mandate in this regard;

Requests the Special Representative of the Secretary-General to continue to play a good offices and advocacy role at the political level to ensure full implementation of the mandate, including through close coordination with the Government for the development of a political strategy aimed at addressing political challenges to progress towards the rule of law and creating momentum for systematic progress;

Requests the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and MINUJUSTH to coordinate closely with the Government of Haiti, and calls upon the Government of Haiti to continue facilitating MINUJUSTH’s mandate and functioning;

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

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

Requests the Secretary-General to ensure MINUJUSTH maintains capacity, including appropriate air assets and medical enablers, to deploy security forces rapidly throughout the country and in support of the HNP;

Reaffirms the importance for MINUJUSTH taking fully into account gender mainstreaming as a cross-cutting issue throughout its mandate and to assist the Government of Haiti in ensuring the full and effective participation, involvement, and representation of women at all levels, and further reaffirms the importance of gender expertise and capacity strengthening in executing the mission mandate in a gender-responsive manner;

Welcomes the initiatives undertaken by the Secretary-General to standardize a culture of performance in UN peacekeeping, and reaffirms its support for the development of a comprehensive and integrated performance policy framework that identifies clear standards of performance for evaluating all United Nations civilian and uniformed personnel working in and supporting peacekeeping operations that facilitates effective and full implementation of mandates, and includes comprehensive and objective methodologies based on clear and well-defined benchmarks to ensure accountability for underperformance and incentives and recognition for outstanding performance, and calls on him to apply it to MINUJUSTH as described in resolution 2436 (2018);

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

Decides to remain actively seized of the matter.

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