Columbia International Affairs Online: Working Papers

CIAO DATE: 05/2009

U.N. Peace Operations and State-building: A Case Study of Haiti

Charles T. Call

March 2009

Center on International Cooperation

Abstract

This draft report on statebuilding and the international community in Haiti is based on field research led by Dr. Charles T. Call (former Peacebuilding Advisor to DPA, and Senior Fellow at USIP), with support from Gigja Sorensen. This report addresses core issues surrounding the UN presence in Haiti, and broader concerns for international efforts in peacebuilding and statebuilding.