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Author Aldunate Herman, Eduardo, 1952-

Title Backpacks full of hope : the UN mission in Haiti / Eduardo Aldunate Herman ; translated by Alma Flores.

Publication Info. Waterloo, Ont. : Centre for International Governance Innovaton, [2010]
Saint-Lazare, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, 2010.
©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 230 pages : illustrations, portraits).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Studies in international governance
Studies in international governance.
Note Co-published by: Wilfrid Laurier University Press.
Translation of: Misión en Haiti.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents A self-fulfilling prophecy -- First contact with Haiti : exploring the paratroopers' landing area -- At the preparation area -- Green light at the gate -- First steps on the ground -- Same old story : international interventions in Haiti -- MINUSTAH -- Chilean blue helmets in Haiti -- Violence in Haiti -- The Haitian National Police and the judicial system -- The military force in action -- Parliamentary and presidential elections -- A wrongful accusation -- A terrible blow : the death of General Bacellar -- The first few months of Préval's government -- Putting my backpack away.
Summary Backpacks Full of Hope: The UN Mission in Haiti describes the experience of a Chilean general as Deputy Force Commander of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) during the particularly turbulent year September 2005 to September 2006. It details the realities of commanding more than 7,000 men from eleven countries while working to fulfill the mandate of the United Nations in Haiti-to ensure a secure and stable environment, to support the transitional government in a democratic political process, and to promote and protect the human rights of the Haitian people. Despite.
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Subject Aldunate Herman, Eduardo, 1952-
Aldunate Herman, Eduardo, 1952-
United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti.
United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti.
Generals -- Chile -- Biography.
Generals.
Chile.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Subject Peacekeeping forces -- Haiti.
Peacekeeping forces.
Haiti.
Peacekeeping forces, Chilean -- Haiti.
Peacekeeping forces, Chilean.
Haiti -- History -- 1986-
History.
Chronological Term 1986-
Since 1986
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Autobiographies.
Autobiographies.
Added Author Flores, Alma.
Centre for International Governance Innovation.
ISBN 9781554581603 (electronic book)
1554581605 (electronic book)
9781554581559 (paperback)