Diplomats say that a renewal of the Security Council mandate is virtually impossible, unless the Haitian elections are postponed as some expect, and a short extension is approved. But this would be considered at best a stop-gap measure, and Western diplomats would prefer to adopt a different approach. In July, working through the Economic and Social Council, a U.N. panel that is now being revived to deal with an age of collapsed governments and moribund economies, the six nations proposed a new way of aiding Haiti within the U.N. system. A General Assembly resolution is being written with the help of the Haitians that will preserve the coordinating role of a special representative of the secretary-general, enhance the work of the U.N. Development Program, ensure a continuing civilian police advisory group and promote human rights, an area that has been left largely to the Organization of American States. We are working with the secretariat to ensure that there would be no artificial cut between the two missions.
American diplomats are also enthusiastic.
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