"Le peuple haïtien a soif de changement," Pasteur Edouard Paultre tells gathering.

Dominican congressman Pelegrin Castillo questions Western policy

From left:

• Georges Michel, member of Constituent Assembly, 1987

• Danielle Saint-Lot, former minister of commerce

• Marie-Gessy Coicou, former inspector-general of Haitian National Police

Sen. Rudolph H. Boulos, coordinator of the conference and a founder of the Haiti Democracy Project

Conchita Cabral (second from right) represented Dominican foreign minister Carlos Morales Troncoso

Poor Western policies offloading Haitian problem on Dom. Rep.

Elaborating guidelines to remake Haiti