12618: Editorial re: Haitian suffering (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: MaryEllen Sanok <potteryrn@yahoo.com>

August 3, 2002

Haitians Are Suffering: 8 Years After Invasion, Haiti
Squalor Worsens (July 30, 2002)

To the Editor:

"8 Years After Invasion, Haiti Squalor Worsens" (front
page, July 30) presents only the tip of the iceberg.
While $500 million in aid is being withheld, eight
million Haitians are suffering.

At the United Nations, I had to argue before the
Economic and Social Council to have a resolution on
long-term support for Haiti maintained on the agenda.

It is one thing to fight the government of Haiti, but
it is another thing to punish the Haitian people.
Perhaps your article will help the international
community understand the situation of this
impoverished nation.

JEAN C. ALEXANDRE
Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Haiti to
the U.N.
New York, July 31, 2002


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