Operation Uphold Democracy

E281900

Operation Uphold Democracy was a 1994 U.S.-led multinational military intervention in Haiti aimed at restoring the country’s democratically elected government.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States military operation ⓘ
military operation ⓘ
multinational military intervention ⓘ
alsoKnownAs U.S. intervention in Haiti 1994 ⓘ
authorizedBy President Bill Clinton ⓘ
linked to: Bill Clinton

United Nations Security Council Resolution 940 ⓘ
belligerent Caribbean Community (CARICOM) states ⓘ
linked to: Caribbean Community

Haiti ⓘ
United States ⓘ
multinational coalition forces ⓘ
casualties low combat casualties ⓘ
commander Hugh Shelton ⓘ
Raoul Cédras ⓘ
conflictType intervention ⓘ
peace enforcement operation ⓘ
country Haiti ⓘ
endDate 1995-03-31 ⓘ
followedBy United Nations peacekeeping presence in Haiti ⓘ
forceComponent 10th Mountain Division ⓘ
82nd Airborne Division ⓘ
U.S. Air Force aircraft ⓘ
U.S. Navy ships ⓘ
forceSize approximately 20,000 U.S. troops at peak ⓘ
goal remove the Haitian military junta from power ⓘ
restore the democratically elected government of Haiti ⓘ
return President Jean-Bertrand Aristide to power ⓘ
legalBasis United Nations Security Council mandate ⓘ
location Haitian airspace ⓘ
Haitian territorial waters ⓘ
Port-au-Prince ⓘ
notableEvent negotiated departure of Raoul Cédras ⓘ
non-combatant entry into Port-au-Prince after last-minute agreement ⓘ
opponent Haitian Armed Forces ⓘ
military regime of Raoul Cédras ⓘ
participatingCountry Argentina ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
Caribbean Community member states ⓘ
linked to: Caribbean Community

Poland ⓘ
United States ⓘ
partOf United States involvement in the Haitian crisis of the 1990s ⓘ
post–Cold War U.S. peace operations ⓘ
precededBy 1991 Haitian coup d’état ⓘ
international economic sanctions on Haiti ⓘ
replacedBy United Nations Mission in Haiti ⓘ
result departure of de facto Haitian military leaders ⓘ
restoration of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide ⓘ
transition to a United Nations peacekeeping mission ⓘ
startDate 1994-09-19 ⓘ
theater Caribbean region ⓘ

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7th Infantry Division (United States) → conflict → Operation Uphold Democracy ⓘ
Jednostka Wojskowa GROM → notableOperation → Operation Uphold Democracy in Haiti ⓘ
linked to: Operation Uphold Democracy
military regime of Raoul Cédras → endedBy → Operation Uphold Democracy ⓘ
Raoul Cédras → causeOfEndOfRule → U.S.-led Operation Uphold Democracy ⓘ
linked to: Operation Uphold Democracy
1991 Haitian coup d’état → followedBy → Operation Uphold Democracy ⓘ
1991 Haitian coup d’état → relatedEvent → Operation Uphold Democracy ⓘ