Haiti

(Quelle: Washington Post) U.S. Marines sent to quell violence in Haiti have received new orders to seize guns from Haitians they encounter on patrol and to open fire, if necessary, to prevent further killings, the senior American commander in the region said yesterday.

(Quelle: Welt) Der haitianische Ex-Präsident Jean-Bertrand Aristide will die USA und Frankreich wegen Entführung und Beihilfe verklagen. Der US-Anwalt Brian Concannon sagte am Mittwoch in Paris, sein Mandant sehe sich immer noch als rechtmäßiger Präsident und wolle vor Gericht um seine Rückkehr kämpfen.

(Quelle: UN News) United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today said the Security Council was responsible for deciding whether there should be an investigation of how President Jean-Bertrand Aristide came to leave Haiti. 'This is an issue that the Council will have to discuss and determine whether it takes it up or not, because the Council acted on the assumption that the President had resigned and they had a letter of resignation before them,' he said as he entered UN Headquarters, replying to a question on calls for a probe from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the African Union (AU).

(Quelle: NZZ) Neuer Regierungschef in Haiti wird der ehemalige Außenminister und UNO-Diplomat Gerard Latortue. Der in Florida lebende Exilhaitianer nahm am Dienstag die Berufung durch einen «Rat der Weisen» an. … Zur Stabilisierung der nach wie vor gespannten Lage plant die haitianische Polizei mit Unterstützung der 1600 nach Haiti geschickten amerikanischen Marineinfanteristen eine umfassende Entwaffnung der Bevölkerung.

(Quelle: Washington Post) At least four demonstrators and a foreign journalist were killed by gunfire Sunday at a protest to demand that ousted president Jean-Bertrand Aristide be tried for corruption and fomenting violence. Witnesses said Aristide supporters had caused the violence, but that could not be confirmed.

(Quelle: Globe & Mail) In his first press conference in exile, Jean-Bertrand Aristide insisted Monday he was still president of Haiti and called for “peaceful resistance” against what he called the “occupation” of his homeland.

(Quelle: UN News) A United Nations multi-disciplinary team is scheduled to start arriving in Haiti tomorrow to assess what is needed for the stabilization force that the Security Council wants deployed within three months in the volatile Caribbean country, a UN spokesman said today.

(Quelle: Globe & Mail) Canada will spend $38-million to send 450 military personnel to Haiti as part of an international force that Prime Minister Paul Martin promised will not abandon the troubled country. … He said the Canadian commitment will continue beyond a stabilization force, and could include money and personnel for policing, reconstruction and development.

(Quelle: Independent) South Africa added its voice last night to a growing international chorus questioning the circumstances surrounding Jean-Bertrand Aristide's departure from Haiti and demanded an investigation into allegations that the US forcibly removed a democratically elected president from office.

(Quelle: Welt) Der haitianische Ministerpräsident Yvon Neptune hat am Mittwoch den Notstand für den Karibikstaat ausgerufen. Rebellenführer Guy Philippe, der die Festnahme Neptunes gefordert hatte, kündigte die Entwaffnung seiner Kämpfer an. … Die karibische Staatengemeinschaft CARICOM wird sich nicht an der UN-Schutztruppe für Haiti beteiligen. Die 15 Staaten umfassende Gemeinschaft protestiere damit gegen die Umstände, wie Aristide aus dem Amt getrieben wurde, erklärte der jamaikanische Ministerpräsident P.J. Patterson am Mittwoch nach einer Krisensitzung in Jamaika.