(b) Promotion of the professionalization of their traditional skills, arts and crafts

Further KPC professionalization is needed, including a streamlined and effective command structure.

The same difficulties are being encountered in connection with the professionalization of the judiciary.

5. The mandate of MIPONUH is to continue to assist the Government of Haiti by supporting and contributing to the professionalization of the Haitian National Police.

For developing countries, introducing targeted professionalization and integrity programmes within public administrations is still relatively new and is seen to be an important complement to enforcement activities.

MINUSTAH is working with a deficient National Police which needs major reforms, from recruitment and training to revamping its operational capacity and professionalization of its work ethic.

The United Nations Civilian Police Mission in Haiti (MIPONUH) has been deployed to assist the Government of Haiti by supporting the professionalization of the Haitian National Police.

Almost all of the mission's interlocutors stressed the importance of the professionalization of the Haitian National Police, which is the responsible authority for security and law and order in Haiti.

The professionalization of the police force and the inclusion of greater numbers of indigenous people in that force are vital to the improvement of public security and the renewal of the relationship between the State and its citizens.

In that connection, the programme of support for interpreters and performers was devised to establish conditions favourable to the professionalization, promotion and curricular updating of interpreters and for the propagation and dissemination of working artists' and creators' artistic knowledge and technical skills.

Commending the role of the United Nations Transition Mission in Haiti (UNTMIH) in assisting the Government of Haiti by supporting and contributing to the professionalization of the Haitian national police, and expressing its appreciation to all Member States which have contributed to UNTMIH,

Commending the role of the United Nations Transition Mission in Haiti (UNTMIH) in assisting the Government of Haiti by supporting and contributing to the professionalization of the Haitian national police, and expressing its appreciation to all Member States which have contributed to UNTMIH,

Commending the role of the United Nations Transition Mission in Haiti in assisting the Government of Haiti by supporting and contributing to the professionalization of the Haitian national police, and expressing its appreciation to all Member States which have contributed to the Transition Mission,

Kenyatta assumes power a half century after his father, Jomo Kenyatta, led Kenya to independence. The anniversary provides a reason to reflect on some of the country s achievements and failings, especially in the field of education the key to economic opportunity and professionalization of the public sector.

75. Expenditures related to the training programmes to assist in the professionalization of the Haitian National Police were absorbed by the trust fund to provide goods and services to the international police monitoring programme in Haiti, resulting in the unutilized balance of 130,000 under this heading.

Kenyatta assumes power a half century after his father, Jomo Kenyatta, led Kenya to independence. The anniversary provides a reason to reflect on some of the country s achievements and failings, especially in the field of education 160 the key to economic opportunity and professionalization of the public sector.

As it stands, in order to meet China s strategic and operational needs in coping with the United States and its allies, particularly Japan, the government is emphasizing the modernization and professionalization of the navy and air force. To this end, it has been redirecting spending away from the army.

It is required not only for reconstruction and economic rehabilitation but also for the security and political aspects of peace building, such as demobilization, disarmament, the professionalization of the police and security forces, institutional reform, enhancing governance and public administration, human rights monitoring, electoral reform, land transfers, etc.

And what they engage in is an amalgam of ethical, aesthetic, religious, and practical action. The physician s art now so circumscribed by bureaucratic, political, and economic forces turns on both the professionalization of these inherently human resources and the impact of their routine use on the doctor s own moral life.

Its task is a complex one, ranging from creating or strengthening democratic institutions and ensuring full respect for human rights to the modernization of legislation, the consolidation of political parties, the reform of the judicial and penal systems and, last but not least, the restructuring and professionalization of the national police.

Inter agency coordination is sought not only for reconstruction and economic rehabilitation but also in relation to the security and political aspects of peace building, such as demobilization, disarmament, the professionalization of police and security forces, institutional reform, enhancing governance and public administration, human rights monitoring, electoral reform, land transfers, etc.

In that connection, he welcomed the initiative taken by the Secretary General to recommend to the Security Council the establishment of a United Nations Civilian Police Mission in Haiti (MIPONUH) with a mandate to assist the national authorities by supporting and contributing to the professionalization of the Haitian National Police.

In a related field, the Union welcomes the adoption of Security Council resolution 1141 (1997), which established, for the duration of one year, the United Nations Civilian Police Mission in Haiti, whose assignment will be to help the Haitian Government by providing it with support and assistance for the professionalization of the Haitian National Police.

However, in his report contained in document S 1997 564, the Secretary General had recommended to the Security Council to continue the United Nations support to the Haitian authorities for the further professionalization of the Haitian National Police and had proposed the establishment of a new mission to be known as the United Nations Transition Mission in Haiti (UNTMIH), with a mandate until 30 November 1997.

It also recommends the establishment of mechanisms for the institutionalization of the programme and the incorporation of criteria of regional diversity. 31. With regard to the professionalization and upgrading of public servants, a proposal for a new civil service act was considered at the open forums but has yet to be submitted to the Follow up Commission, which will have to reschedule this commitment. Participation of women

At the informal consultations of the whole held on 10 March 1998, the members of the Council received a briefing by the Special Representative of the Secretary General for Haiti and Head of MIPONUH on the latest developments in Haiti, in particular the professionalization of the HNP. The members of the Council also took up the report of the Secretary General on MIPONUH (S 1998 144).

Commending the role of the United Nations Support Mission in Haiti in assisting the Government of Haiti in the professionalization of the police and in the maintenance of a secure and stable environment conducive to the success of the current efforts to establish and train an effective national police force, and expressing its appreciation to all Member States which have contributed to the Mission,

21. Requests the Secretary General to elaborate further on his proposals concerning career development, a new profile for security officers and the further professionalization of security personnel referred to in paragraphs 25 and 31 of his report,A 59 365 and Corr.1. to submit detailed proposals on retirement policy given the special requirements for security staff and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its sixtieth session

The Commission welcomes the close cooperation between the Provisional Electoral Council, the United Nations and the Organization of American States aimed at ensuring the holding of free and fair elections in Haiti in 2005, and notes with satisfaction the efforts of the Special Mission of the Organization of American States to strengthen democracy in Haiti in the areas of justice, individual rights, professionalization of the police and good governance.

clandestine structures commitment to continue with the purification and professionalization of the security forces regulation of the bearing of arms 67. The Mission found cases where, as part of the campaign against organized crime, forces made up of members of the President apos s General Staff, exceeding their legal authority and functions and using irregular methods, participated in anti kidnapping operations with the acquiescence of high level authorities of the Government.

At the informal consultations of the whole held on 25 July 1997, the members of the Council took up the report of the Secretary General on the UNSMIH (S 1997 564), in which he recommended that the Council consider the establishment of a new mission to be known as the United Nations Transition Mission in Haiti (UNTMIH), with a mandate to support the Haitian authorities in the further professionalization of the Haitian National Police.

2. Decides, further to paragraph 1 above, and at the request of the President of the Republic of Haiti, to establish the United Nations Transition Mission in Haiti, with a mandate limited to a single four month period ending on 30 November 1997, in order to assist the Government of Haiti by supporting and contributing to the professionalization of the Haitian National Police, as set out in paragraphs 32 to 39 of the Secretary General s report of 19 July 1997