Editing Operation Uphold Democracy (section)

==== Governors Island Accord ====
After [[Raoul Cédras]] rejected a plan for Aristide's return proposed by [[Dante Caputo]], a representative of the OAS and [[United Nations]], the [[United Nations Security Council|United Nations Security Council (UNSC)]] voted for an oil and weapons embargo on Haiti in June 1993.<ref name=":0" /> A month later, Cedras and Aristide signed the Governors Island Accord, outlining a process for Aristide's return to power by 30 October 1993.<ref name=":0" /> In August 1993, [[Robert Malval]] was named interim prime minister by Aristide.<ref name=":0" /> On 8 October 1993 as the [[USS Harlan County|USS ''Harlan County'']] approached the [[Port international de Port-au-Prince]] to participate in training exercises with Haitian authorities, the Haitian Army prevented the ship from landing and Cedras announced that he will not comply with the previously signed accord.<ref name=":0" /> On 14 October, Prime Minister Maval's cabinet went into hiding after the Minister of Justice, [[Guy Malary]], was shot and killed.<ref name=":0" /> The following day, Cedras ignored the 15 October deadline to cede his leadership and the United States began a [[naval blockade]] of Haiti.<ref name=":0" /> On 16 October, the UNSC authorized military force, including blockades, to implement international sanctions, with more nations joining the effort.<ref name=":0" />