Haiti

(Quelle: Le Monde) Les soldats de l'ONU devront consolider le rétablissement de l'ordre. Les militaires français ont travaillé avec la police, mais aussi avec les ex-rebelles. D'ici à la fin du mois de juin, les 900 militaires français envoyés en Haïti après la chute du président Aristide devraient tous avoir regagné leurs pénates.

(Quelle: UN News) A United Nations electoral team has wrapped up a visit to Haiti, where it held 10 days of wide-ranging talks on the logistical, technical and administrative support the UN can provide to the Transitional Government in organizing free and fair elections next year.

(Quelle: Washington Post) More than 5,000 supporters of ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide marched through Haiti's capital Friday, calling for his return and accusing the U.S. government of forcing his departure.

(Quelle: UN News) Eight hundred additional soldiers are expected to arrive by air transport over the next four days to complete the deployment of Brazilian troops. The transfer of operational responsibility to UN peacekeepers from the Multinational Interim Force (MIF)… is scheduled for 25 June. At full strength, MINUSTAH will have a force of 6,700 troops and 1,622 civilian police. About 13 countries have pledged to contribute military personnel to the Mission.

(Quelle: Reliefweb) Spain is preparing to send up to 300 troops to Haiti and to boost its troop strength in Afghanistan, press reports said Tuesday. Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero's Socialist government wants to demonstrate its commitment to multilateral humanitarian or peace missions after withdrawing Spain's 1,300 troops from the U.S.-led Iraq operation in May.

(Quelle: UN News) A United Nations team arrived in Haiti today to catalogue the help the world body can provide to the Caribbean country as it prepares for democratic, free and transparent elections in 2005, a UN spokesman said today. The mission from the UN’s Electoral Assistance Division in the Department of Political Affairs will remain in Haiti for 10 days, according to spokesman Fred Eckhard.

(Quelle: ISN) The US has begun handing over the command of its mission in war-torn and flood-ravaged Haiti to the UN, which will now face the challenge of creating - during its six-month mandate - a functioning democracy capable of holding national elections next year. The 3’600-strong US-led military force has brought only a modicum of stability to Haiti … The UN mission hopes to have between 6’700 and 8’000 troops on the ground in Haiti soon, but for now has no headquarters and its troops number only in the hundreds. … The UN’s six-month mandate, laid out by the Security Council, is a vague one.

(Quelle: OAS) Gérard Latortue, the Prime Minister of Haiti’s transitional government, told the Organization of American States (OAS) Permanent Council today that a major task of his government is preparing to hold “free, fair, open and democratic elections.” Citing Article 23 of the Inter-American Democratic Charter, he expressed the hope that the OAS, and its Special Mission in Haiti, would assist by providing “advisory services or assistance for strengthening and developing their electoral institutions and processes, including sending preliminary missions for that purpose.”

(Quelle: Washington Post) Thousands of demonstrators called for the return of ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide during a Flag Day rally Tuesday that turned violent, leaving at least one man dead.

(Quelle: New York Times) … Planners cite several challenges as they seek to replace nearly 2,000 troops from the United States and about 1,500 from France, Canada and Chile who were deployed to keep order after Mr. Aristide left. … One problem is the competition for French-speaking peacekeepers, as missions are prepared for Ivory Coast and Burundi this year, United Nations representatives said. In addition, some potential contributors are reluctant to offer troops because of lingering doubts about the conditions of Mr. Aristide's departure, on Feb. 29: …