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2016-11-10
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  1. “When candidates are put forward, we conduct interviews and make our selection with a view to securing French-speaking experts. In conclusion, with respect tojoint law-enforcement units, I can attest to the fact that I have benefited from this undertaking and would be fully in favour if it were to continue.”

    2017-11-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8086 (2017) · source

  2. “With respect to the police division and human resources, arrangements were made that included the authorization to reduce the duration of the mandate and deployment for women, so as to facilitate their joining the Mission. Turning to communications, at the request of our partner the Haitian National Police, we have stressed linguistic issues, which are very important. Indeed, the proper transfer of skills and capacity-building is best carried out in a context of afieciio socieiaiis, that is to say, a trust-based relationship between mentor and mentee, which works best when a common language is used, in this case French or Creole. This is noted in the profiles that have been set up, so that contributing countries, in addition to providing female personnel, can ensure that such personnel are French- or Creole-speaking.”

    2017-11-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8086 (2017) · source

  3. “Turning to the promotion of gender equality in the police component, first we created a listing of posts in the framework of our new approach so that contributing countries could see what posts needed to be filled, with priority given to female personnel. At my headquarters, I have two gender equality adviser posts reserved for women. We are currently a very small structure, with the United Nations Mission for Justice Support in Haiti. I have also maintained a women's network, and I would stress here that advisers to this network have a counterparts in the Haitian National Police, which provided an excellent example of how to promote gender equality within a police force. We are continuing these efforts every day.”

    2017-11-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8086 (2017) · source

  4. “What further contributed to the stabilization of MINUSTAH, as I observed based on my own experience, was above all the fact that there was support for the electoral process to be fully carried through. The police component played an important role by deploying more than 85 per cent of its force during the two rounds of the presidential elections. This was also done jointly with the Haitian National Police, which was absolutely critical. In the presence of the highest authorities of the State, we signed a joint security plan that enabled the Haitian National Police to make clear progress in terms of operational planning and to generate a coherent and realistic operational framework at the national level. This was a first for the Haitian National Police.”

    2017-11-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8086 (2017) · source

  5. “With respect to the transition - a question was asked in this respect by the representative of Sweden - what enabled it to take place in a smooth and harmonious manner was a vision that I would say was crafted in late 2016. We began to plan well in advance, so that in February 2017, when the strategic evaluation mission arrived along with Mr. Ladsous, we were able to make proposals relating to the post-MINUSTAH period and to outline our support and advice programme. This planning and preparation for the future took place in close cooperation with the local police, without whom none of this would have been possible. The work was thus carried out in a harmonious manner with a partner that is fully accepting of this new landscape.”

    2017-11-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8086 (2017) · source

  6. “Human rights training for law enforcement units is a critical part of technical support. I would also like to underscore the role of the General Inspectorate, which we support with experts alongside its senior management. That was implemented under the mandate for the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) with approximately 15 United Nations police deployed in the Inspectorate. The Inspectorate must carry out investigations of allegations of improper conduct or the use of excessive force, whether in police or peacekeeping operations. The General Inspectorate considers approximately 600 cases annually.”

    2017-11-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8086 (2017) · source

  7. “To that end, we must have the necessary equipment - be they vehicles, infrastructure or infrastructure adjustments - for the working conditions of our international police, above all a helicopter unit to carry out our joint operations with the police. Our mandate requires that we provide operational support to the Haitian National Police in the territorial planning of the country. That element is crucial. As for sustainable peace, beyond the purely economic aspects of political stability in the technical and police arena, it is absolutely clear that the police must address the population equitably, respect human rights and use force with care. These are fundamental prerequisites. That is why we participate in and support operations as part of the mandate.”

    2017-11-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8086 (2017) · source

  8. “First ofall, there is the non-politicization of the police, as that would be extremely damaging for the general atmosphere in the country and its stability, which would be called into question. The second challenge is the budgetary interest of the Government in the police by availing it of the means to act and by honouring the commitments adopted on 5 July by the Prime Minister in his capacity as President of the Superior Council of the National Police, when he validated the 2017-2021 strategic development plan that we prepared jointly, in which Haiti must contribute at least 45 per cent to the overall five-year budget. Other challenges that I see for us are ensuring the best experts so as to ensure that skills transfer and capacity-building occur in the best possible conditions.”

    2017-11-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8086 (2017) · source

  9. “The new approach we have set up is of course aligned with view towards an exit strategy, as the mandate of resolution 2350 (2107) gives us a time limit. By targeting high-level leadership, there was an attempt to force ownership and to announce a departure. Additionally, the new approach should be understood in the context of the European Gendarmerie Force, which is perfectly integrated. Moreover, coordination and integration is generally carried out through the programme budget of the global focal point for justice, human rights and correctional justice. It is an extremely positive aspect that enables us to contribute in a very pragmatic way to the development of the Haitian National Police. With respect to the challenges I see for the future, I can anticipate two specific challenges for the Haitian National Police.”

    2017-11-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8086 (2017) · source

  10. “In conclusion, it is clear that that programme is the main focus of the police component, and that that reform, implemented in accordance to the deadlines established pursuant to resolution 2350 (2017), will be able to develop and begin to function optimally only if the police component receives the necessary support for carrying out its work, including, on the one hand, equipment, especially with regard to vehicles, infrastructure and a well-functioning helicopter component, and, on the other, human resources, including the authorized allocation of 295 qualified personnel. Although we have demonstrated that we can do more with less, the road before us remains long.”

    2017-11-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8086 (2017) · source

  11. “A list of posts and skills was drawn up to inform contributing countries of those developments through the Police Division, as well as to encourage them to provide the appropriate resources to appoint female personnel with the required skills and qualifications where they must be more widely represented. The international police experts were trained with those of the HNP in the preliminary phases and provided with documentation - furnished for the first time through a joint effort by the operational and development pillars of the police component - that spelled out and publicized the various skill sets.”

    2017-11-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8086 (2017) · source

  12. “A pilot project in one department served as a benchmark for the entire process, and its assessment enabled the monitoring committee to make the necessary changes before deploying it in other departments of the country.cThe subsequent three phases involve its implementation in the nine other departments so as to conclude with the western part of the country, which includes the capital. In order to encourage participation, buy-in and ownership, a total of 11 round tables with elected officials, magistrates and personnel from both forces were led by the Director General of the Haitian National Police and myself throughout the country.”

    2017-11-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8086 (2017) · source

  13. “Accordingly, 205 international experts were assigned to an exterior, exo-skeletal unit, which has been attached to the HNP, alongside 150 senior officers of the Haitian police, holding positions of responsibility within general management and the central and departmental directorates, as well as specialized units. The United Nations police officers who were deployed to that programme were selected based on their professional and linguistic skills, as well as their experience in the sought-out areas. The programme has been implemented in four successive phases according to the deadlines set for the closing of MINUSTAH.”

    2017-11-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8086 (2017) · source

  14. “The second challenge involved the need to adapt our efforts to the new situation in the crucial area of capacity-building for the HNP, including promoting gender equality. In line with the guidelines that I developed with the consent of the Director General of the HNP, another version of the previous model was developed. It was designed so as to ensure the smoothest transition possible to MINUJUSTH and offer a new approach to transferring skills on another scale. Its goal is aimed at establishing cultural and strategic change in the way in which the HNP is supported. The programme, known as the guidance and support programme, is based on mentoring the senior management of the HNP, in particular in the areas of command and control, operational planning and administrative management.”

    2017-11-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8086 (2017) · source

  15. “I would like to highlight today the good practices developed during the transition by the police component of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) to the United Nations Mission for Justice Support in Haiti (MINUJUSTH), which began on 16 October, in a crucial area of our mandate, namely, the strengthening of the capacity of the Haitian National Police (HNP). That transition period has presented two major challenges for the police component. The first concerned ensuring the smooth management of the reduction of contingents by 69 per cent - that is to say, going from 951 international police personnel for MINUSTAH to 295 for MINUJUSTH. That was made possible by precise departure planning, based on the innovative structure of a committee dedicated to renewing the contracts of the international police officers.”

    2017-11-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8086 (2017) · source

  16. “Since they were already located in Les Cayes, I preferred to use those elements. Of course, I sent individual police officers as reinforcements, and all of this was done in coordination with the Haitian police. I should like to touch for a moment on the linguistic challenge that we face, as it is important. It is up to the troop-contributing countries to make every effort to ensure that on the ground, in the Mission, police officers can benefit from all the distance training that is available, for example, the Rosetta Stone system. We have to recognize the efforts made by the Department of Peacekeeping Operations on this issue, and I think that the initiative on joint coordination efforts with the International Organization of la Francophonie is very interesting in this regard.”

    2016-11-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7808 (2016) · source

  17. “As I was saying a moment ago, we immediately and decisively contacted the Director General of the national police in order to coordinate our efforts. I had to redeploy personnel while taking account of the capacity available in terms of resilience and of the support to be provided to those units that were most affected by this unexpected climatic event. That is why I redeployed the Rwandan contingent; some of its forces were in Les Cayes, which was slightly less affected than the town of Je're'mie, where they were usually located. The vacuum created by this redeployment, which was absolutely necessary in order to support the department affected, that of Grande Anse, was filled by the dispatch of 65 Senegalese gendarmes, representing a formed police unit in Port-au-Prince.”

    2016-11-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7808 (2016) · source

  18. “Another example that I think is a positive one is the fact that ownership has been taken of the drafting of the upcoming 2017-2021 strategic plan. While other plans required substantial support, this most recent one is currently being drawn up in a much more autonomous way by the partner, although we are still providing some support. As to the question raised by the President of the Security Council, which concerns the situation in the south of the country, of course that event complicated an already complex situation. It was completely unforeseen, brutal and sudden. We had to rethink the situation very quickly and, although we had been involved mainly in preparations for the elections, respond in an appropriate way.”

    2016-11-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7808 (2016) · source

  19. “We have put in place a protocol that gives priority to the involvement of the Haitian police force. Since I arrived, and even before then, United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti forces have not been deployed on the front lines. So the partner has taken ownership of best operating procedures, although we still need to make progress in that area. The lessons learned from this include, first, those from the ongoing contacts that we have owing to the co-location of Haitian law-enforcement units with specialists from our police component; and the second lesson is the importance of the close contact I have with the Director General, which, when there are specific problems - I will come back to this issue later- makes it possible to enhance our capacity to respond.”

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  20. “I will now turn to the question posed by the Permanent Representative of Uruguay on the drawdown strategy, which is based on an assessment of the competencies taught. While the situation is not the same for the military component, there is a need for in-depth consideration of what has been taken on board by the partner. We are working regularly on this issue, and the elaboration of the strategic development plan accords with this. So the outlook is positive here, but I think that we need to take the time to carry out an evaluation in order to be able to better assess the situation when the time comes. The Permanent Representative of Japan asked what successes have been achieved and what lessons have been learned. I would refer first to the progress made in democratic crowd control.”

    2016-11-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7808 (2016) · source

  21. “The Permanent Representative of Malaysia asked a question as to the progress made in connection with the judicial police. While undeniable progress has been achieved in capacity-building, there is still room for progress. It is for that reason that we particularly support capacity- building in the area of judicial intelligence, training, crime-scene investigation and forensics. I can give a concrete example of such progress. Recently there was a mass jailbreak from some of the national prisons. We carried out a large-scale operation that, without the intelligence gathered by the Haitian National Police, would not have been possible to the same extent. We also used a third-dimension observation capacity provided by our component's recently created drone units, with a view to the partner taking ownership.”

    2016-11-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7808 (2016) · source

  22. “President, for convening this briefing and affording me an opportunity to address the Security Council today. (spoke in French) I thank the Council for its attention and once again express my gratitude for the efforts carried out those contributing to Haiti.”

    2016-11-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7808 (2016) · source

  23. “It is critical for Haiti's long-term stability that capacity-building of the PNH remain a priority for the international community until the PNH can provide security for all Haitians. Efforts should follow a comprehensive rule-of-law strategy and lessons reflected in the Strategic Guidance Framework for International Police Peacekeeping. They should also be based on community engagement and build on security sector reform principles and human rights norms. In the meantime, MINUSTAH needs the sustained support of police-contributing countries to attain qualified male and female individual police officers and formed police units, including as much as possible francophone and, of course, when possible, Haitian Creole skills. Once again, I thank you, Mr.”

    2016-11-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7808 (2016) · source

  24. “They include, but are not limited to, capacities to maintain and repair assets, police intelligence and organized crime, firearms control, institutional policies, budget execution and strategic planning, as well as civil protection and community-oriented policing. The promotion and implementation of justice and corrections reforms in parallel to police reform is essential to ensuring access to justice, inclusiveness and, ultimately, sustainable development. The recent Office of Internal Oversight Services evaluation recognized the positive impact MINUSTAH police have had on strengthening PNH capacities, matching mandated tasks with available resources and time frames and taking into account external constraints, all of which were highlighted as indispensable elements for success.”

    2016-11-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7808 (2016) · source

  25. “Moreover, the HNP has increasingly been able to tackle the kidnapping phenomenon and reduce the number of homicides by dismantling existing or emerging criminal groups, even though the adoption of a national crime-prevention strategy to ensure sustainability is still awaiting adoption. The HNP has also assumed greater responsibility and leadership in securing recent elections. Since 2004, the HNP has increased its capacity to maintain law and order, including through augmented territorial coverage, good crowd-control practices and anti-kidnapping and anti-narcotics operations. Nevertheless, challenges remain.”

    2016-11-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7808 (2016) · source

  26. “The recruitment and training system has been strengthened, including through the implementation of a seven-month curriculum deployed in 2009, which is in line with international policing and human-rights standards. The system replaced the four-month training programme that had been used since 1995. With respect to improving capacities, the HNP has made tremendous efforts to implement a vetting process and strengthen the General Inspectorate, which is responsible for the competence and integrity of HNP officers and removes those who have committed crimes or are involved in human-rights violations or corruption.”

    2016-11-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7808 (2016) · source

  27. “The HNP's presence throughout the country has expanded through the construction and reconstruction of police facilities and an increasing quantity and quality of officers deployed nationwide. At present, the HNP has an overall strength of about 13,100 officers, of whom 9 per cent are women, meaning a police-to-population ratio of around 1.3 officers per 1,000 inhabitants. This ratio has increased from 0.6 per thousand citizens, which was the level in 2004, and will gradually increase with the graduation of the twenty-seventh and twenty- eighth classes of recruits scheduled for February and November 2017, respectively. With these graduating classes, the HNP will reach a minimum force of around 15,000 officers.”

    2016-11-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7808 (2016) · source

  28. “The plan sets a direction for long-term HNP institution-building goals to create an effective response capacity for addressing the variety of threats Haiti faces. The co-location of MINUSTAH police officers, together with close coordination with national and international partners that have generously contributed to training, logistical support and the reconstruction of facilities, has resulted in visible progress in a number of areas, such as an increase in the police-to-population ratio, strengthened human-resources management, improved practices related to strategic planning and community-oriented policing through training at all police levels, augmented capacity of the judicial police and increased prevention of crime and violence. Allow me to elaborate with a few examples.”

    2016-11-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7808 (2016) · source

  29. “Throughout MINUSTAH's existence, the police component carefully tailored its assistance in key policing areas to the priorities of the Ministry of Justice and Public Security and the HNP, specifically professionalizing the HNP, strengthening its operational capacity, developing its institutional capacity and reinforcing the national and international institutional relationships of the HNP. This approach resulted in the sustained development and implementation of several five-year plans, namely, the HNP Reform Plan, covering 2006 to 2011, and the HNP Development Plan 2012-2016, which will expire next month. In June, the HNP initiated the development of a strategic plan for the period 2017-2021, and its adoption is expected in the coming months.”

    2016-11-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7808 (2016) · source

  30. “Changing political and security circumstances and the capacity- building requirements of the HNP resulted in the progressive reversal of the military-to-police ratio, with the police component currently having an authorized strength of 2,601 police personnel while the military component has an authorized strength of 2,370 troops. Following the earthquake in January 2010, MINUSTAH, including its police component, redirected significant amounts of resources to supporting the emergency and recovery efforts ofHaiti. For 18 months, capacity-building activities were partially suspended.”

    2016-11-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7808 (2016) · source

  31. “The security situation in Haiti was a cause for concern, with only approximately 6,300 insufficiently equipped and trained police officers, who were not able to maintain law and order. The majority of the HNP's facilities were damaged or destroyed during the fighting and looting experienced in the early months of 2004. Key branches of the HNP and other institutions were dysfunctional or did not exist, including the General Inspectorate and the National Police Academy. Armed gangs competed for control over areas in Port-au- Prince. High homicide and kidnapping rates aggravated social instability, and the population's confidence in the HNP was very low. Originally, MINUSTAH was authorized to have 6,700 military and 1,622 police personnel.”

    2016-11-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7808 (2016) · source

  32. “Mr. Monchotte: Before I begin today, I would like to thank the Security Council for this opportunity to speak on how the police component of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) helps develop the policing capacities of the Haitian National Police (HNP). On behalf of all MINUSTAH police personnel and colleagues, let me also express gratitude to the Security Council and the police-contributing countries for their continued support for Haiti's ongoing stabilization efforts and their solidarity with the people of Haiti, following the tragic loss oflife and destruction inflicted by Hurricane Matthew. In 2004, when MINUSTAH was established with a mandate to contribute to the restructuring and reform of the HNP and to create a secure and stable environment, the HNP was only nine years old and had an inadequate budget.”

    2016-11-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7808 (2016) · source