Security & Strategic Review - August 2005

The UN Security Council's decision to equip the stabilisation force in Haiti, Minustah, with a rapid-deployment unit, appears to have been sidelined by the powers that had been discussing it. Instead, the emphasis has shifted towards the adoption of a more 'aggressive' stance by the existing force, and towards talking up its achievements. Violence, however, has continued largely undiminished in and around the capital, and developments in the neighbouring Dominican Republic are giving cause for concern.