Haiti

(Quelle: UN News) United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan's Special Envoy to Haiti today began consulting with the country's leaders on the political and security problems to be addressed in the wake of the departure of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. … The overall situation in Haiti is calm but still volatile, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).

(Quelle: UN Wire) A U.S. Marine was shot and wounded last night in Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, while patrolling the Belair neighborhood, an Aristide stronghold. Tensions have grown in the capital since Friday, when U.S. Marines killed two people after reportedly coming under fire. 

(Quelle: BBC) Ousted Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide has arrived on a visit to Jamaica, sparking a diplomatic storm. Haiti's acting prime minister recalled his ambassador to Jamaica to protest at Mr Aristide's return to the region a fortnight after fleeing Haiti. Observers fear Mr Aristide's proximity to Haiti could revive the violence that forced him into exile late last month.

(Quelle: New York Times) The newly appointed prime minister, Gérard Latortue, said Thursday that it might take as long as two years to prepare for elections. That would put a new elected government beyond the 2005 timeline envisioned in the United States-backed transition plan to help Haiti recover after the departure of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.

(Quelle: SZ) Der designierte haitianische Ministerpräsident Gérard Latortue hat sich für eine Regierung der nationalen Versöhnung und die Entwaffnung der Milizen ausgesprochen. Nach seiner Rückkehr aus dem Exil in Florida will der Jurist bis zum Wochenende seine Regierung vorstellen.

(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.