Operation Uphold Democracy

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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 Bill Clinton
surface form: President Bill Clinton

United Nations Security Council Resolution 940
belligerent Caribbean Community
surface form: Caribbean Community (CARICOM) states

Haiti
United States of America
surface form: 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 Stabilization Mission in Haiti
surface form: United Nations peacekeeping presence in Haiti
forceComponent 10th Mountain Division
U.S. 82nd Airborne Division
surface form: 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 Armed Forces of Haiti
surface form: Haitian Armed Forces

military regime of Raoul Cédras
participatingCountry Argentina
Canada
Caribbean Community
surface form: Caribbean Community member states

Poland
United States of America
surface form: United States
partOf United States interventions in Latin America
surface form: 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 Stabilization Mission in Haiti
surface form: 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