UN Observer Group

Description

Robbie's briefing unleashes the tally—400 technical advisors and observers shadowed by 65 unarmed security specialists—deployed to Port-au-Prince's powder keg. Coup gunfire traps them as international sentinels, their peril igniting Oval Office fire: Bartlet overrides diplomacy, greenlights evacuations and Marines, forging UN monitors into flashpoint for U.S. brinkmanship amid vanishing leaders and seized stations.

Affiliated Characters

Civilian Advisor

Jake

Event Involvements

Events with structured involvement data

2 events

S2E21 · 18th and Potomac

Oval Office Briefing: Dessaline Vanishes in Haitian Coup Chaos

UN Observer Group thrust as prime vulnerability—400 advisors plus 65 security trapped in coup crossfire—catalyzing Bartlet's override for evacuations and Marines, embodying international stakes in White House pivot.

Active Representation

Via advisor intel tallies

Power Dynamics

Endangered neutral force prompting U.S. shield

Institutional Impact

Elevates U.S. to protector role

Organizational Goals

Monitor electoral integrity Safeguard personnel amid unrest

Influence Mechanisms

Humanitarian peril pressure UN mandate invocation

S2E21 · 18th and Potomac

Bartlet Overrides Jake, Orders Embassy Evacuation and Marines

The UN Observer Group—400 advisors and 65 specialists trapped in Port-au-Prince—looms as imperiled backdrop to evac debates, their vulnerability pressuring the shift to Marines and reinforcing crisis gravity.

Active Representation

Through prior intel on marooned personnel

Power Dynamics

Vulnerable international presence prompting U.S. unilateral moves

Institutional Impact

Exposes limits of UN in face of military coups

Internal Dynamics

Trapped and unarmed amid chaos

Organizational Goals

Monitor electoral integrity Survive coup violence intact

Influence Mechanisms

On-ground observer peril Multilateral legitimacy pressure