Haiti

The First Deputy Prime Minister of the Spanish Government, María Teresa Fernández de la Vega, representing the European Union at the International Conference on Haiti in Montreal, announced this week that the EU will deploy a mission to identify the most pressing needs facing the Caribbean nation.

The Security Council today backed Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s call to increase the overall force levels of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti to support the immediate recovery, reconstruction and stability efforts following last week’s devastating earthquake.

The collapse of the organization’s headquarters in Haiti during the earthquake on Tuesday appears to have produced a death toll larger than any previously endured by United Nations employees in a single day.

The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) is helping the impoverished Caribbean country prepare for upcoming legislative elections, providing secondary support in logistics, security and raising public awareness while leaving the primary organizing role to the national authorities.

The Organization of American States (OAS), at the request of the President of the Republic of Haiti … has decided to send a long-term Electoral Observation Mission (EOM) to accompany the electoral processes of 2010.

Canada will provide more support to Haiti in its efforts to strengthen security and development, government officials said on Tuesday after meeting visiting Haitian Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive.

Political stability, elections, and international cooperation in Haiti took center stage at the Organization of American States (OAS) Group of Friends of Haiti that met at OAS headquarters to review recent activities, as well as the country's overall political and economic situation and the international community's renewed commitment of support for this Caribbean country.

Le chef de la Mission des Nations Unies pour la Stabilisation d'Haïti (MINUSTAH), Hedi Annabi, s'est félicité ce 15 octobre du renouvellement du mandat de la mission pour un an dans le pays.

Haiti has “a remarkable opportunity” to overcome decades of misrule and neglect, but major hurdles remain and the international community must step up its support to ensure the Caribbean country can consolidate its gains, the United Nations Special Envoy and former United States president Bill Clinton said today.

Peacekeepers of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (Minustah) will heighten their presence at the border with the Dominican Republic as part of a plan to reinforce the zone’s controls and security.