Showing articles 1 - 20 of 61 (sorted by date).
| 1 |  | 2011-01-23: Don't Worry, That Was Only a Draft by Radio Signal FM, reporting OAS SG Insulza's assurances to President Préval |  |
| "It is not the final version," said Insulza in handing over to Préval personally the "true" version and terming the version he had previously received from the OAS a draft. Nothing official about dumping Célestin. | Rating: 5 |
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| 2 |  | 2006-03-06: Inter-American Commission Staves off Propaganda Attempt by Associated Press |  |
| Confronted with Aristide groups intending to use the forum to level unfounded accusations against the United Nations, the rights commission required them to stick to their original economic and social subject matter. | Rating: 5 |
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| 3 |  | 2005-11-07: 123rd Session, Haiti Section of Report by Inter-American Commission on Human Rights |  |
| Impunity, pre-trial detention, and whole neighborhoods overrun by gangs: we urge interim regime and U.N. to use all means necessary to restore security, consistent with human rights standards. | Rating: 3 |
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| 4 |  | 2005-07-22: by Inter-American Commission on Human Rights |  |
| In thirty years the commission Commission hasn't seen deterioration to this point where residents in some parts of Port-au-Prince have been held hostage to the unrestrained violence of armed gangs with no effective protection from the State or internation | Rating: 5 |
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| 5 |  | 2004-11-09: Ideas for a More Effective OAS by Ericq Pierre |  |
| Rather than rejecting the OAS because of its recent problematic history in Haiti, we should develop a sense of ownership. Reforms in personnel selection could make it more representative. English translation exclusively for Haiti Democracy Project. | Rating: 5 |
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| 6 |  | 2004-10-28: Alarmed at Gang Violence, Beheadings of Police, and Improper Arrests by Inter-American Human Rights Commission of the OAS |  |
| Atrocities included a brutal incident in which two police officers were shot to death and beheaded. Urge government and international community to disarm illegally armed groups. Also concerned about reports of arbitrary arrests. | Rating: 3 |
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| 7 |  | 2004-09-10: The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in Haiti by Organization of American States |  |
| The commission is hopeful that the present government will use this opportunity, in cooperation with the international community, to break away from the difficulties of the past and move Haiti toward a future in which democracy is fully realized. | Rating: 3 |
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| 8 |  | 2004-09-01: The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in Haiti by PABLO BACHELET, Miami Herald |  |
| The delegation, headed by Commissioner Clare Roberts, plans to meet with top government officials, members of civil society including nongovernmental organizations, associations of lawyers and judges, members of MINUSTAH and the U.N./H.C.H.R. | Rating: 3 |
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| 9 |  | 2004-06-17: Haiti Democracy Project: OAS Has Dithered Too Long for its Resolution to Be Taken Seriously by Caribbean Media Corporation |  |
| Project founding board member Amb. Orlando Marville: "The OAS has dithered back and forth on this one" while U.S. has a definite position. "The OAS position is not going to make one bit of difference." | Rating: 5 |
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| 10 |  | 2004-05-28: OAS Probes Kidnapping Theory by Caribbean Media News Corp. |  |
| The OAS is in special session to investigate whether Aristide was kidnapped as he claimed. | Rating: 1 |
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| 11 |  | 2004-05-22: OAS Postpones Special Session on Haiti by Jamaica Observer |  |
| The special session was requested by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), which is seeking an independent probe into the circumstances surrounding the sudden departure from office of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide on February 29.
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| 12 |  | 2004-05-19: Resignation of Amb. David Lee by Radio Metropole |  |
| Paul Denis of Democratic Convergence says that since the transfer of Haiti to the U.N. Security Council the OAS mission has been inoperative. | Rating: 2 |
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| 13 |  | 2004-02-19: Haiti Democracy Project: OAS Foreign Ministers Should Negotiate with Aristide to Leave by Georgie Anne Geyer |  |
| Project founding board member Amb. Lawrence A. Pezzullo says OAS ministers should bring opposition into a transition, negotiate with Aristide to leave, and bring in peacekeepers. Otherwise, "the guys with the guns will take over." | Rating: 5 |
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| 14 |  | 2004-01-10: Condemning Violence against Demonstrations by Organization of American States |  |
| Condemns the violence of armed bands without noting, as did the State Department, that they were government-sponsored. | Rating: 2 |
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| 15 |  | 2003-12-28: Laisser la rue aux gangs est indigne d'une société démocratique by La Mission Spéciale de l'OÉA |  |
| La Mission Spéciale demande qu'une enquête sérieuse et approfondie soit menée sur ces évènements. Sans préjuger les résultats
d'une semblable démarche, la Mission est d'avis que toutes arrestation de ces personnes en l'absence d'une telle enquête constit | Rating: 3 |
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| 16 |  | 2003-12-28: Mob Rule Is Unworthy of a Democratic Society by OAS Special Mission |  |
| English version. The mission believes that without a full inquiry and other proof of their involvement in the two deaths, any arrest of
these persons would constitute a flagrant case of abuse of power. | Rating: 3 |
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| 17 |  | 2003-12-04: Committee to Fine-Tune Mandate of OAS Mission to Haiti by Organization of American States |  |
| Headed by a Bahamian diplomat, the committee will "adjust" the mandate of the OAS's mission in Haiti. | Rating: 3 |
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| 18 |  | 2003-12-04: OAS Mission Is Failing by Democratic Convergence |  |
| Mission has attained none of its objectives and its impartiality is increasingly questioned. OAS should adopt new measures against regime's violence. | Rating: 5 |
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| 19 |  | 2003-12-03: OAS Mission Ineffective, Lacks Political Will by Group of 184 |  |
| The OAS has proven itself to be powerless in stopping the repressive mechanisms assembled by Mr. Aristide to intimidate, murder and imprison his political opponents. Moreover, it seems to legitimize the human rights violations of the Aristide government. | Rating: 5 |
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| 20 |  | 2003-12-02: Demonstrators Withdrawing Voluntarily from OAS Office by Groupe des 184 |  |
| Professional ethics demands that the OAS mission pull out if it judges it impossible to fulfill its mandate because of the actions of the government. | Rating: 5 |
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