Haiti
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PRESIDENT PREVAL DELIGHTED AT HAITI’S RETURN
His Excellency Rene Garcia Preval, the President of Haiti, expressed his great delight at his country’s resumption of formal arrangements with the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). The President was speaking during a meeting with CARICOM Secretary-General, His Excellency Edwin Carrington, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Friday 23 June. The Secretary-General, accompanied by the Assistant Secretary-General for Foreign and Community Relations, Ambassador Colin…
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CARICOM Chairman Congratulates Haiti’s President-Elect
March 15th, 2006 His Excellency René Préval President-Elect Haiti Dear President-Elect, On behalf of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), and further to the Community’s statement of 18 February 2006 in reaction to the notification of the official results of the presidential elections, I have the honour and the pleasure to congratulate you on your victory following the first round of the…
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CARICOM WELCOMES ELECTION OF HAITIAN PRESIDENT
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) welcomes the news of the election of a new President of Haiti, Mr. René Preval. This has brought an end to the uncertainty surrounding the outcome of the Presidential elections. The decision came after a review was undertaken of the vote count process in the face of troubling allegations of manipulation and other grave irregularities. CARICOM…
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CARICOM observers for Haiti Elections
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) A six member team from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will travel to Haiti on Saturday 4th February, to observe the first round of next Tuesday’s presidential and legislative elections. The team will be headed by Jamaica’s former Director of Elections, Mr. Noel Lee, and will include observers from other Member States. CARICOM’s spokesman on…
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STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE SEVENTEENTH MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL ON THE SITUATION IN HAITI, 13 JANUARY 2006, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community notes the latest decision by Haiti’s Provisional Electoral Council to hold the first round of Presidential and Parliamentary elections on February 7, 2006. The Community congratulates the millions of Haitian citizens who have registered and declared their intention to participate in forthcoming elections. A secure environment, an orderly voting process, the…
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CARICOM FOREIGN MINISTERS URGE ACTION ON HAITI
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Foreign Ministers have expressed deep concern over the deterioration of the situation in Haiti. The Community's Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) pointed out that “the fragility and volatility of the security environment in Port-au-Prince had increased” This has been illustrated “by the most grave incidents of violence affecting Haitians of all…
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STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON THE SITUATION OF MR. YVON NEPTUNE, FORMER PRIME MINISTER, HAITI
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is deeply concerned by the deteriorating health and worrisome judicial situation which have developed with regard to Mr. Yvon Neptune, the former constitutional Prime Minister of Haiti. On 27 June 2004, Mr. Neptune voluntarily turned himself in following the issue of an arrest warrant. Mr. Neptune is yet to be brought to…
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CARICOM BUREAU MAKES RECOMMENDATION ON HAITI
The Bureau of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) – comprising the Chairman (the Prime Minister of Grenada), the Immediate Past Chairman (the Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda), the Next Chairman (the President of Suriname) and the Secretary-General – has arrived at a recommendation on the Community's relations with the Interim Administration of Haiti.…
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