Haiti

(Quelle: BBC) The new head of the United Nations peace mission in Haiti has said it is essential the international community keep helping the Caribbean nation. Speaking from a donors' conference in Brazil, Edmond Mulet told the BBC that assistance was needed despite Haiti's new democratically elected government. … Since the election of Rene Preval, the security situation in the capital, Port-au-Prince, has shown signs of improvement and the new president has reduced political tension by showing willingness to talk to all sides.

(Quelle: Reuters AlertNet) Haiti's newly inaugurated president, Rene Preval, has designated a longtime friend and ally to be the troubled Caribbean country's new prime minister, officials said on Monday. Jacques Edouard Alexis, 58, an agronomist who served as prime minister during Preval's first presidency from 1996-2001, is widely seen as a good political deal-maker and pragmatist. … Legislators will have to approve the president's choice.

(Quelle: UN News) The international community must give urgent financial support to the Government of newly elected President Réné Préval of Haiti … the United Nations Secretary-General’s outgoing Special Representative in that country, Juan Gabriel Valdés, said today. “It is absolutely urgent that the international community give budget support to Mr. Préval for the first six months of his Government. If he doesn’t get that support he will face a very difficult situation because he has to pay police, he has to pay teachers, he has to pay health workers and the present situation doesn’t permit him to do so,”

(Quelle: UN News) Secretary-General Kofi Annan has informed the Security Council that he will appoint the Guatemalan ambassador to the European Union, Edmond Mulet, as his new Special Representative in Haiti and head of the UN Stabilization Mission (MINUSTAH) there, a United Nations spokesman said today. Mr. Mulet, who succeeds Juan Gabriel Valdés of Chile, has served as ambassador to the European Union, Belgium and Luxembourg since June 2000, negotiating tourism, trade and economic cooperation, as well as political issues.

(Quelle: Washington Post) President Rene Preval pleaded with Haitians to bring peace to the Western Hemisphere's poorest country as he was inaugurated Sunday during a ceremony that drew thousands to the whitewashed National Palace and marked the return of democratic rule in Haiti. … Preval, who served as Haiti's president from 1996 to 2001, took his second oath of office after being draped with a red-and-blue sash at the national parliament building.

(Quelle: taz) Gut zwei Jahre nach dem Sturz von Präsident Aristide ist in Haiti erstmals wieder ein Parlament zusammengetreten. … Damit ist der Weg frei für die formelle Amtseinführung von Präsident Rene Preval am kommenden Sonntag.

(Quelle: Reliefweb) 1.200 soldats brésiliens laissent ce premier mai Rio de Janeiro à destination de Port-au-Prince en vue de la rotation régulière des forces brésiliennes au sein de la Mission des Nations Unies pour la Stabilisation d’Haïti (MINUSTAH). Le Brésil a décidé de maintenir son contingent durant les six prochains mois en Haiti, informe l’agence officielle brésilienne Agencia Brasil.

(Quelle: Le Monde) Avec plus du tiers des sièges au Parlement, le parti L'Espoir, du président élu René Préval (centre gauche), est arrivé en tête des élections législatives, dont le deuxième tour a eu lieu le 21 avril en Haïti. Formé en 2005 pour soutenir la candidature de M. Préval, L'Espoir a emporté 11 sièges de sénateur, sur un total de 30, et 20 des 60 postes de député déjà attribués, selon des résultats portant sur plus de 90 % des suffrages. Deux partis de centre gauche, l'Organisation du peuple en lutte (OPL) et la Fusion des sociaux-démocrates, arrivent en deuxième et troisième position.

(Quelle: UN News) The senior United Nations envoy to Haiti has hailed parliamentary elections in the country as a major step towards consolidating democracy while decrying clashes that resulted in the closure of three voting centres. … Voters cast ballots at 804 voting centres to elect 27 senators and 83 deputies on Friday. As expected, participation was lower than the first round of elections, when René Préval was elected president, the mission reported.

(Quelle: Reliefweb) Les présidents du Brésil et du Chili se sont engagés mardi à maintenir leurs troupes en Haïti jusqu'au retour à la normale dans ce pays. ' Nous ne voulons pas que la force militaire reste indéfiniment, mais nous maintiendrons de notre mieux notre effort tant que les autorités démocratiques d'Haïti et l'ONU le demanderont ', a fait savoir la présidente du Chili, Michelle Bachelet, accompagnée de son homologue brésilien Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, au terme d'une visite officielle à Brasilia.