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| United Nations fears Haiti crisis |
| 2004-02-10 |
| EFL - I hear the mortar round sailing towards us...INCOMING!! The United Nations has warned of an impending humanitarian crisis in Haiti, which has seen an escalation of violence, mainly in the north. Aid agency officials said clashes between rebels and security forces were seriously disrupting the distribution of food to tens of thousands of people. The World Food Programme has been helping about 25,000 people who lost their harvests in the December floods. About 40 people have died in street violence since last Thursday. About 10 towns in north-western Haiti have been affected by the street violence, follows months of anti-government protests. Christiane Berthiaume, spokeswoman for the UN World Food Program, said the violence was hampering aid deliveries. Wasn’t Cuba training up about 10,000 Venezuelan Peace Corps volunteers. "We have an enormous problem transporting supplies because of insecurity on the roads," she told reporters. Separately, acting UN human rights commissioner Bernard Ramcharan appealed for an end to the violence. He urged the authorities to bring those responsible for violent acts to justice according to international law. GW, I don’t think Bechtel will be interested. See if Waste Management wants to bid. Give them a toofer if they’ll take care of Liberia - Bush Assures Liberian Leader of Support. |
| Posted by:Super Hose |
| #3 Either France or perhaps Canada could show the Yanks how to handle such a crisis. |
| Posted by: ruprecht 2004-2-10 10:59:12 PM |
| #2 Let the French handle this one. They're not doing anything else and they know the lanquage. OK, Jaques do something besides bitch and obstruct. |
| Posted by: GK 2004-2-10 9:31:38 PM |
| #1 So... it's official. Light up the Jimmy Carter Signal! |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-2-10 9:31:22 PM |