----- Original Message ----- From: Rick Rozoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2000 5:34 PM Subject: [STOPNATO.ORG.UK] Lady MacDeath To Give Yugoslav Treatment To Haiti STOP NATO: ¡NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK [Haiti, the Western Hemisphere's poorest nation, but also one with one of the proudest political and cultural histories, is next on the Secretary of Hate's hit list. You see, the Haitian people had the temerity to vote for a candidate Washington didn't approve of. The Tomahawks and marines can't be far off if we don't organize to stop them...Rick] Albright meets with ministers to put heat on Haiti 11.13 a.m. ET (1527 GMT) September 13, 2000 By Barry Schweid, Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Secretary of State Madeleine Albright met Wednesday with diplomats from Argentina, Canada, Chile, France and Venezuela to pressure Haiti to strengthen democratic procedures in advance of presidential and legislative elections in November. The Clinton administration already has vowed to impose economic sanctions on Haiti if it does not change its ways. The group convened by Albright calls itself "Friends of Haiti.'' Meeting with her were Foreign Ministers Lloyd Axworthy of Canada and Soledad Alvear of Chile. High-ranking Argentine, French and Venezuelan diplomats attended, as well. Last week, Luis Lauredo, U.S. ambassador to the Organization of American States, accused Haitian authorities of an unwillingness to address the "serious irregularities and deficiencies'' that he said were evident during parliamentary runoff elections in May. The runoff, along with balloting in June and July, resulted in overwhelming victories for the Lavalas Family party of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, who is expected to win re-election to the presidency in November. "In the absence of meaningful change,'' Lauredo said, "the United States will not support the presidential and legislative elections of Nov. 26, financially or through observer missions,'' he said. Lauredo said the U.S. government would send nearly all bilateral assistance to the people of Haiti through private and nongovernmental organizations, thus bypassing the Haitian government. A former Haitian senator, Paul Denis, of the former parliamentary minority Struggling People's Organization, hailed "the evolution'' of the U.S. position and said it would support the struggle of the Haitian people against a government that wants to establish a dictatorship. Albright, in what was her last official speech to the United Nations, said Tuesday "democracy is the one road we can all walk down together.'' She also pledged "to serve the cause of international progress and individual liberty not only for as long as I am in office, but for as long as I am alive.'' ______________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Start Your Own FREE Email List at http://www.listbot.com/links/joinlb
