Haiti

(Quelle: Washington Post) Haiti's former prime minister was detained Sunday on suspicion of orchestrating killings during the February rebellion leading to the ouster of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, authorities said.

(Quelle: UN News) The United Nations today took over responsibility for the peacekeeping operation in Haiti from the United States-led multinational force at a ceremony in the capital, Port-au-Prince. The UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) was officially established on 1 June, but the Multinational Interim Force was authorized by the Security Council to remain in Haiti for a transitional period not exceeding 30 days. … At full deployment, MINUSTAH should comprise 6,700 troops and 1,622 civilian police.

(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.”