Home pagePress CenterIn the Media Johanna Mendelson Foreman, a senior associate at CSIS, had an op-ed published in the Miami Herald, "What Haiti Needs to Sustain Progress."
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Johanna Mendelson Foreman, a senior associate at CSIS, had an op-ed published in the Miami Herald, "What Haiti Needs to Sustain Progress."
Anyone visiting Port-au-Prince today will note that public safety has returned to this city of more than two million people. A democratically elected government is in place, as are local government officials. President Rene Préval has created one of the most inclusive governments in recent history, four years after his predecessor, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, was forced to step down as president. There is even an ongoing dialogue with the Dominican Republic on border management and migration.
Much of the credit for this stability goes to the U.N. Mission in Haiti, MINUSTAH, which, together with the Préval government, remains a moderating force in stabilizing Haiti. Its presence, guaranteed by a U.N. Security Council mandate, unfortunately will expire in October. It should be renewed.
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