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UN envoy welcomes parliament’s confirmation of new premier (04.05.2012)
(Quelle:UN News)
Mariano Fernández Amunátegui, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), praised Haitian leaders, including President Michel Martelly, and the heads of the Senate and the Lower House of Parliament for the dialogue between the executive and legislative branches that culminated in Mr. Lamothe’s confirmation yesterday.
Haiti's former soldiers demand reinstatement of army (01.05.2012)
(Quelle:The Guardian)
UN and Haitian government officials are scrambling to find a peaceful way to disarm a rogue group of former soldiers demanding the immediate return of the Haitian armed forces, 17 years after the country's notoriously brutal army was disbanded.
New report of the Secretary-General on the UN Mission in Haiti (29.02.2012)
(Quelle:S/2012/128)
The report covers major developments from the issuance of the report of 25 August 2011 (S/2011/540) until 28 February 2012.
U.N. Security Council visits Haiti to assess security (14.02.2012)
(Quelle:Reuters AlertNet)
A U.N. Security Council delegation arrived in Haiti on Monday for a four-day visit to Haiti to assess security needs before a decision over reducing the 10,500-member peacekeeping force.
Haiti making progress on rule of law, but faces serious challenges – UN expert (08.02.2012)
(Quelle:UN News)
Haiti has made some progress in restoring the rule of law, the United Nations independent expert on the human rights situation in the Caribbean country said today, citing as examples the appointment of the president of the highest appellate court and the upcoming establishment of the supreme council of the judiciary.
Haitian Prime Minister says 2012 is year of reconstruction (07.01.2012)
(Quelle:Reliefweb)
Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille promised that 2012 would be a year of reconstruction and economic recovery in Haiti with a growth rate of eight percent. He made the pledge only days before Haitians mark the second anniversary of the earthquake that killed more than 200,000 of their people.
Chile to gradually withdraw UN military contingent from Haiti (21.12.2011)
(Quelle:Xinhuanet)
Chilean Defense Minister Andres Allamand announced Tuesday that his country will gradually withdraw its United Nations (UN) military contingent from Haiti starting in 2012. … About 500 Chilean military and police officers have been dispatched to Haiti since 2004, when the UN decided to intervene in the Caribbean country after a nationwide armed conflict that caused the fall of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
Almost two years after earthquake, Haiti shows signs of progress – UN official (29.11.2011)
(Quelle:UN News)
Nigel Fisher, Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Haiti told reporters in New York that there have been significant advances on education, health, job creation, and infrastructure, among other sectors, through effective reconstruction projects.
Haitians train for a future with a military (25.10.2011)
(Quelle:New York Times)
The military was disbanded over human rights abuses in 1995 … But now President Michel Martelly is pledging to revive it, pressing forward with a plan to reconstitute the Haitian military as a kind of national guard or civil defense force to supplement the weak national police.
Haitian Prime Minister and new government sworn in (19.10.2011)
(Quelle:VOA News)
Haiti's new Prime Minister Garry Conille was sworn into office Tuesday along with 16 cabinet ministers. The new government took office five months after Michel Martelly was sworn in as president.