Haiti’s leader criticizes UN military focus

[Judi Lynn]

Haiti’s Outgoing President, Rene Preval, Slams UN Occupation Posted on April 10, 2011 by magbana
Haiti’s leader criticizes UN military focus
2011-04-10 04:20:00

Haiti’s outgoing president criticized the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday for being too slow to switch its peacekeeping mission in the Western hemisphere’s poorest country from military operations to development and peacebuilding.

In his last address to the council, Rene Preval urged the U.N.’s most powerful body to consider the effectiveness of its interventions “that have practically led to 11 years of military presence in a country that has no war.”

Speaking at the council meeting attended by Colombia’s president, former U.S. president Bill Clinton and nine foreign ministers from Latin America and Spain, Preval said it was “sad to note” that in a quarter of a century he is the only president to finish two constitutional terms and “unfortunately, I am the only one … who was never jailed or exiled.”

Preval urged the country’s newly elected president, pop star Michel “Sweet Micky” Martelly, legislative leaders and the opposition to work in a spirit of peace and cooperation.

More:
http://hcvanalysis.wordpress.com/2011/04/10/haitis-outgoing-president-rene-preval-slams-un-occupation/

[Bacchus39]

1. Santos is just Señor Peacekeeper isn't he??

"Santos said Colombia organized the council meeting because it wanted to renew efforts to stabilize and strengthen the rule of law in Haiti, given “the meager results achieved” so far."

[EFerrari]

2. Poor Haiti is an object lesson to everyone in the hemisphere.

Btw, I accidentally found a Haiti/DR segment out of the Black in Latin America series (of 4) that Dr. Gates started doing in March.

http://video.pbs.org/video/1877436791?starttime=650001

[Bacchus39]

3. an abject lesson maybe. interesting video though, looking forward to seeing more

spot on about Dominicans. a bit rah-rah on Haiti though. although it does note that the Haitians themselves rejected the agriculturual and infrastructure that made Haiti the most productive colony in the Americas. their first huge mistake after independence it would seem abandoning what would have given them prosperity.


American concepts of race and identify often do not extend beyond our borders.

[EFerrari]

4. Yeah, they rejected the infrastructure that made the colony productive

like slavery.

[Bacchus39]

5. productive for the French, not for the Haitians, although it would have been. go to 42:45

the means to sustain that prosperity was still there.