United Nations Civilian Police Mission in Haiti (MIPONUH) was a United Nations peacekeeping mission involving Canadians. MIPONUH comes from the French Mission de Police des Nations Unies en Ha�ti.

UN Mandate

The Security Council, by its resolution 1141 of 28 Nov 1997, established the United Nations Civilian Police Mission in Haiti (MIPONUH) with the mandate to continue work to support the Haitian National Police as the follow-on police mission to the UN peace support operations in Haiti. The Mission terminated in Mar 2000, when a civilian mission took over.

The UN Security Council established MIPONUH by resolution in Nov 1997 as the follow-on mission for the United Nations Transition Mission in Haiti (UNTMIH). At one time, support and transition missions were led by Canada and involved UN forces totalling 1,200, including approximately 650 Canadians and 550 Pakistanis. The mandate was to restore ousted Haitian President Jean Bertrand Aristide to power after he was overthrown in a coup d��tat. That mission was accomplished and ceased operations in Nov 1997.

Canadian Military Involvement

Canadian involvement in MIPONUH involved provision of armored personnel carriers, Canadian Forces driving instructors and vehicle technicians. Canada also provided eight military police and three staff officers as a close-out security force for UNTMIH.

The Department of National Defence provided six wheeled armoured personnel carriers (Bisons) to this mission as well as Canadian Forces vehicle technicians and driving instructors (Operation COMPLIMENT).

Insignia

One single medal/ribbon combination was given for the various Haiti missions. The colour combination for the ribbon consisted of the royal blue and red of the Republic of Haiti, bordered by the UN blue with two white lines denoting friendship between the two.

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