S/RES/2350 (2017)
and building on the achievements of the past 13 years, while encouraging the
Haitian authorities to address the longstanding risks of instability,
Recalling its resolutions 1645 (2005) and 2282 (2016) and reaffirming the
primary responsibility of the national Government in implementing its
peacebuilding and sustaining peace strategies to address the interconnected nature
of challenges in Haiti, highlighting the contribution of sustainable development to
peacebuilding and sustaining peace, and in this regard, emphasizing the importance
of national ownership, inclusivity, and the role that civil society can play to advance
national peacebuilding processes and objectives in order to ensure that the needs of
all segments of society are taken into account,
Acknowledging that while important progress has been made, Haiti continues
to face significant humanitarian challenges, especially in the aftermath of Hurricane
Matthew, and affirming that progress in the reconstruction of Haiti, as well as in
Haiti’s social and economic development, including women and youth, through
effective, coordinated, commendable international development assistance and
increased Haitian institutional capacity to benefit from this assistance, is crucial to
achieving lasting and sustainable stability, and reiterating the need for security to be
accompanied by sustainable development in its social, economic and environmental
dimensions, including efforts in risk reduction and preparedness that address the
country’s extreme vulnerability to natural disasters, efforts in which the Government
of Haiti plays a leading role, with the assistance of the United Nations Country
Team (UNCT),
Welcoming the General Assembly’s resolution A/RES/71/161 on the United
Nations ‘New Approach to Cholera in Haiti’; noting that the implementation of this
new approach will fall under the responsibility of the UNCT under the coordination
of a DSRSG/HC/RC,
Recognizing that strengthening national human rights institutions as well as
respect for human rights, including of women and children, due process and
combating criminality, sexual and gender-based violence, and putting an end to
impunity and ensuring accountability are essential to ensuring the rule of law and
security in Haiti, including access to justice,
Considering that with the completion of the MINUSTAH consolidation plan
and the implementation of the transition plan, a broader framework of mutual
accountability among the Government of Haiti, the United Nati ons and the
international community could be developed as part of a country strategy to enhance
the effectiveness of the support of the follow-on United Nations presence in the
country,
Welcoming the report of the Secretary-General of 16 March 2017
(S/2017/223), which includes observations and recommendations from the Strategic
Assessment Mission requested by the Council in resolution 2313 (2016), and his
recommendation that a new United Nations peacekeeping mission be established in
Haiti following the termination of MINUSTAH by 15 October 2017, in order to
continue to assist the Government of Haiti, to consolidate gains by reinforcing
government institutions and strengthening the national capacity for rule of law,
police development, and human rights,
Mindful of its primary responsibility for the maintenance of international
peace and security under the Charter of the United Nations,
Acting under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations, as described in
section 1 of operative paragraph 7 of resolution 1542 (2004), and with regards to
operative paragraphs 5 to 14 that relate to the ne w mission,
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