27352: Craig (news) UN, OAS voice support for Haiti electoral process (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: Dan Craig


UN, OAS voice support for Haiti electoral process

www.chinaview.cn 2006-01-25 11:14:59


  BUENOS AIRES, Jan. 24 (Xinhuanet) -- The United Nations, the Organization of 
American States (OAS) and 13 nations have signed a document to reiterate their 
support for Haiti's electoral process,the Argentine Foreign Ministry said on 
Tuesday.

  The international community recognizes its duty to help "build democracy and 
establish peace" in the the Caribbean country in line with the will of the 
Haitian people, the document said.

  Besides the United Nations and OAS, the statement was also signed by 
representatives of Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, France, Germany, 
Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, Spain, the Dominican Republic, the United States and 
Uruguay who met Friday in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince to analyze the 
country's political and security situation.

  The governments and organizations called on Haiti's transitional government 
and political movements to respect the Provisional Electoral Council's 
electoral timetable, which sets Feb. 7 for the first round of the presidential 
vote.

  "Only the election of a legitimate government can provide the conditions 
needed for a definitive end to violence," said the statement.

  It also expressed confidence in the ability of the United Nations' Haiti 
stabilization mission Minustah and the UN Security Council to guarantee free, 
transparent and credible elections.

  Minustah has been in Haiti since June 2004, as part of an operation designed 
to restore peace and order there since the overthrow of former President 
Jean-Bertrand Aristide in February 2004. The election has been postponed three 
times already.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-01/25/content_4097550.htm






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