The UN Security Council passed resolution number 940 on July 31st, effectively authorizing the US to lead a multi-national force to implement military intervention in Haiti, and to recover the legal government overthrown by a military coup in 1991.

• 联合国安理会7月31日通过940号决议，实际上授权美国领导一支多国部队，对海地进行军事干预，以恢复1991年被军人政变推翻的合法政府。