UN General Assembly
2006

viable solution to banditry, which in recent times has been spreading in the country, causing a flight of capital as well as a brain drain. Accordingly, the technical and financial support of the international community is therefore essential in the effective implementation of the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration programme. We are aware that Haiti is not a classic case, but that does not mean that we should do nothing. In order to provide speedy relief to the sufferings of the masses and to reduce, even eliminate, the sources of gang recruitment, my Government has launched a social pacification programme. This programme provides for the establishment of a database of more than 300 projects and actions in various sectors of our national life and throughout the territory. It will help create labour-intensive jobs and will enable the State to reduce unemployment, to guarantee some relief and thereby to reduce wrongdoing. Moreover, in order to create a climate conducive to good governance our head of State initiated an open, honest dialogue with all political sectors upon his