UN Envoy Holds Talks About Protecting Haitian-dominican Border Against Crime
 
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 14:00:25 -0500

UN ENVOY HOLDS TALKS ABOUT PROTECTING HAITIAN-DOMINICAN BORDER AGAINST CRIME
 
New York, Dec 14 2007  2:00PM
A senior United Nations envoy is holding talks today with officials 
in the Dominican Republic about how to improve the border security 
of Haiti, where the UN has a peacekeeping operation to try to 
help stabilize the country after years of violence and misrule.

Hédi Annabi, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Haiti, 
is expected to discuss how blue helmets with the UN mission 
(known as MINUSTAH) can contribute to improving the security along 
the Haitian-Dominican border, UN spokesperson Marie Okabe told 
reporters.

The mandate of MINUSTAH – which was established by the Security Council 
in 2004 – was recently expanded to allow the mission to help 
Haitian authorities secure their border against drug trafficking 
and other criminal activities.
 2007-12-14 00:00:00.000 


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