U.N. Watch



Tanks, Not Tractors; Blue Helmets in Haiti by Judith Scherr

February 2: Two more children killed in Cite Soleil this morning, reports Pierre Labossiere of Haiti Action Committee
UN/MINUSTAH soldiers fire weapons into Cite Soleil neighborhood killing two children and wounding their parents.

US Embassy in Haiti Acknowledges Excessive Force by UN
Haiti Information Project shows US Embassy and agencies with Pentagon's Southern Command were aware of the excessive use of force by UN forces in Haiti on July 6, 2005.

Torture, Murder and Complicity by Nik Barry-Shaw and Yves Engler
Does the Canadian-promoted "Responsibility to Protect" doctrine include murder, rape, and threats of violence?

Haitian Human Rights Activist Accuses UN of Killing Dozens in Recent Attack
Democracy Now! interview with Haitian human rights activist Lovinsky Pierre-Antoine

War in Haiti's Popular Neighborhood: January 5th, 2007 Eyewitness Account from Cite Soleil
The people are used to being poor, hungry, illiterate. Now they sleep with one eye open, praying that bullets from the sky don't find them.

Report reveals shame of UN troops: sexual abuse must be punished
The reputation of United Nations peacekeeping missions suffered a humiliating blow when an internal report identified repeated patterns of sexual abuse and rape perpetrated by soldiers supposed to be restoring the international rule of law.

Sri Lankan "peacekeepers" sent home over sex-for-pay scandal in Haiti
Just who are the Sri Lankan troops who are part of the UN occupation forces in Haiti? Tamil News reveals long history of rape of Tamil women by Sri Lankan military.

Canadian, American and UN trooops accused of death, rape threats in Haiti
The results of survey by US researchers last December were published in September 2006 in the British medical journal The Lancet.

Haiti, MINUSTAH, and Latin America: Solidaridad?
Americas Program Special Report, April 9, 2007 by Mario Joseph and Brian Concannon, Jr

Clashes in Cite Soleil: The UN Fails Haiti, Again by Kim Ives
In 1803, the decisive battle of the Haitian revolution was fought at Vertières. Today, Haitians are again trying to drive out foreign occupation troops fighting under the U.N. flag.

Lula, Stop Doing Bush's Dirty Work in Haiti By Ben Terrall
Living in the crosshairs of U.S. foreign policy

UN Troops in Haiti Continue Military Operations, Killing Scores of Civilians by Ben Terrall
Activists in Haiti point to the unabated UN killings of civilians as they campaign against a renewal of the MINUSTAH mandate.

In Haiti, UN troops kill the poor, leave right-wing death squads untouched by Ben Terrall
The UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) openly supports rightwing forces, including the Haitian police, while systematically carrying out human rights abuses against the poor of Haiti

Made in USA by Perry Anderson
A critical examination of the role of the United Nations - and Kofi Annan - as an auxiliary to US strategic interests. Kofi Annan presided over the UN during the 2004 US-led coup d'etat in Haiti.

YouTube footage: UN shoots at mourners during funeral for Father Gerard Jean-Juste in Haiti, June 18, 2009

Haiti delegation to present views of UN aggression by Judith Scherr

Haitian police provide machetes for attacks; UN bears responsibility by Ben Terrall

Let's all stand with Cite Soleil by Raul Zibechi

 

  
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