| OAS Welcomes Senate Confirmation of New Haiti Prime Minister |
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08/3/2008
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Organization of American States , Government & Politics
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Positive development
August 3, 2008 -- The Organization of American States (OAS) is hailing the Senate
ratification of economist Michèle Duvivier Pierre-Louis as Haiti’s new
prime minister. Twelve of the eighteen senators voted to support
Pierre- Louis’ appointment, with five abstaining, in the Senate vote on
Thursday, July 31.
OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulza,
expressing his satisfaction with the ratification of Ms. Pierre-Louis,
said, “We will continue to work with the government of President René
Préval and his new Prime Minister, and hope that this opens a period of
enhanced stability, progress and cooperation for Haiti and its people.”
Assistant Secretary General Albert R. Ramdin, Chairman of the Haiti
Task Force, meanwhile hailed the Senate move to confirm the new Prime
Minister as “a positive development which will allow for even more
effective support from the OAS and the international community in
general towards Haiti.”
Michèle Pierre-Louis heads up a
foundation that provides libraries, youth education programs and
women’s networks in Haiti, and her confirmation as Haiti’s next prime
minister ends an impasse of more than three months. She succeeds
Jacques-Édouard Alexis who stepped down in the wake of violent
demonstrations over food price.
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