PORT-AU-PRINCE–(ENEWSPF)–October 20, 2011—One year since the onset of the cholera epidemic in Haiti, people all over the country are still threatened by the deadly disease, and healthcare services and measures to prevent its spread remain inadequate, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warned today.  Since[Read More…]

Haiti–(ENEWSP)–4 October 2011.  Access to safe drinking water, sanitation and food are the priority humanitarian needs in Haiti over the next year, the United Nations relief chief said today, stressing that the estimated 600,000 people still in camps after last year’s earthquake continue to depend on aid for survival. “They[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–21 June 2011.  The United Nations is appealing to governments to suspend all involuntary returns to Haiti, given the precarious conditions that continue to persist in the Caribbean nation 18 months after the devastating January 2010 earthquake. “Despite the recent elections and ongoing reconstruction efforts, Haiti, weakened by the[Read More…]

GENEVA, Switzerland–(ENEWSPF)–16 June 2011.  The American Civil Liberties Union, along with more than 50 other groups, at a meeting of the U.N. Human Rights Council today called on the U.S. to stop deportations to Haiti. The joint statement condemning the deportations came as the U.N. Independent Expert on the situation[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–9 June 2011.  Nine-time Olympic gold medallist and United Nations advocate Carl Lewis will embark tomorrow on a visit to the Dominican Republic and Haiti to meet with national leaders and visit forestry and agricultural projects. The United States track star, who was designated a Goodwill Ambassador for the[Read More…]

PORT-AU-PRINCE–(ENEWSPF)–June 3, 2011 — The cholera epidemic in Haiti is far from over, with a sharp increase in cases seen in the capital, Port-au-Prince, and outbreaks reported elsewhere in the country, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said today. Although the cholera epidemic began to[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–15 May 2011.  Welcoming Haiti’s first ever transfer of power from one democratically elected president to one from the opposition, the United Nations has urged the country’s new leader, his Government and the people to harness the political goodwill to “rebuild together a new Haiti.” Michel Martelly was sworn[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–12 May 2011.  The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti has called on the country’s electoral authorities to explain as soon as possible why their results from three districts in recent legislative elections do not match the figures of local and international observers. In a statement released yesterday, the[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–5 May 2011.  The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti will continue supporting all efforts to combat the spread of cholera in the Caribbean country, cautioning today that the forthcoming rainy season could pose fresh challenges because of the risk of contamination of water sources. “The rainy season is[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 8, 2011.  Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has formally resumed deportations to Haiti, despite the objections of the American Civil Liberties Union and other human rights and humanitarian groups. The ACLU strongly opposes deportations because of dangerous conditions in Haiti in the wake of last year’s catastrophic earthquake and[Read More…]