ABSTRACT
What place did foreigners, in general, and Haitians, in particular, have in Congolese nation-building at the moment of decolonization, and how did the UN contribute to establishing such a place? This chapter offers some answers to these questions by discussing three noteworthy threads in this history: (1) Haiti’s official presence at the founding meetings of the UN; (2) the logic that some Congolese and foreigners advanced to promote foreign technical assistance as a part of the Congo’s nation-building plans; and (3) the perspective of Haitian professionals who recruited or were aware of the recruitment of Haitians for the UN missions.
