Former US president Bill Clinton urged the international community to honor aid commitments for Haiti ahead of his second visit October to the impoverished nation as a UN Special Envoy.
Following up on a critical assessment made by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon last February, the United Nations Security Council met in a special session Wednesday to hear a “status update” on the situation in Haiti.
The top UN envoy to Haiti voiced belief on Wednesday that the impoverished Caribbean state enjoys “a remarkable opportunity for change.” Hedi Annabi, head of the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), briefed the UN Security Council in an open debate on the latest developments in the country. “Political dialogue lies at the heart of the stabilization process. A peacekeeping operation can …
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton reprimanded wealthy nations Wednesday for coughing up just 3 percent so far of the hundreds of millions of dollars in aid they had promised for Haiti.
Haiti has kept its promise to build a government but donor nations have failed to deliver the aid they pledged to the poorest country in the western hemisphere, Bill Clinton said on Wednesday.
The increased enforcement highlights deep economic divisions in a region where poor Dominicans, Haitians and Jamaicans seek better lives on more affluent islands such as the Bahamas, Antigua and Barbados.
The increased enforcement highlights deep economic divisions in a region where poor Dominicans, Haitians and Jamaicans seek better lives on more affluent islands such as the Bahamas, Antigua and Barbados.