The United Nations Continues to Stumble Badly in Haiti

The United Nations Continues to Stumble Badly in Haiti
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Nowhere is the United Nations' lack of accountability more glaring than in Haiti. The U.N. Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) is responsible for causing a cholera epidemic that has killed thousands and for crimes, including sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA), that have largely gone unpunished. 

Thursday, as the Security Council votes on the future of MINUSTAH, it has a last chance to ensure that its mission's legacy includes an accountable response for the harms it has caused. If the United Nations replaces MINUSTAH without doing right by Haiti, its successor mission, whose mandate will focus on promoting rule of law, will lack the credibility to succeed from its inception.

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