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• NEWS_POSTED_BY: Haiti Place
• NEWS_POSTED_ON: Oct 21, 2015
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• Category : General News
• Description : Miami Herald
  
  OCTOBER 8, 2015
  
  BY JACQUELINE CHARLES
  jcharles@Miamiherald.com
  
  Photo: In this Sept. 27, 2015, supporters of presidential candidate Jean Henry Ceant attend his campaign rally in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Practically every public office is up for grabs in this year’s unprecedented three-round balloting that is picking the next president, two-thirds of the Senate, the entire 119-member Chamber of Deputies and all local offices. The U.N. Security Council on Thursday approved a one-year extension of the Stabilization mission to last until after the presidential campaign and inauguration. Dieu Nalio Chery AP
• Location : Miami, FL, United States
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Overview

• United Nations Security Council members Thursday agreed to extend their stabilization mission in Haiti until next October, with that possibly being the final year of the blue-helmet peacekeeping force.
  
  The one-year renewal with 2,370 troops and 2,601 police officers, and the eventual withdrawal, is being recommended by U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, who said Haiti remains on an “encouraging path” and “made significant strides towards the renewal of its democratic institutions with the holding of the first round of legislative elections” on Aug. 9.
  
  “I anticipate that, if the recent positive trends continue, the nature of the United Nations presence in Haiti will evolve significantly,” Ban said.
  
  The council approved his proposal to extend the stabilization mission until Oct. 15, 2016.
  
  Ban, through his Special Representative Sandra Honoré, noted that an assessment of the mission’s presence and Haiti’s ability to care for its own security needs should be taken after the installation of its new president and government early next year. The country is scheduled to go to the polls on Oct. 25 in presidential elections. Runoffs for 12 senate seats and 86 lower chamber seats also will be held that day as well as balloting for mayors.
  
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