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ly functioning physical infrastructure, few resources or 
the basic necessities to maintain life, and an insolvent 
government; 
Whereas immediate emergency food assistance for Haiti is 
urgently needed to meet the basic nutritional sustenance 
of the people of Haiti, especially mothers and children, 
and to relieve the extreme physical suffering of the people 
of Haiti, including their susceptibility to diseases, such as 
HIV/AIDS; and 
Whereas concerted international efforts will be required to 
develop the economic and political institutions necessary 
to permit Haiti to sustain its population and restore eco-
nomic, social, and political progress: Now, therefore, be 
it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), 
That Congress— 
(1) supports the long quest for peace, justice, 
and prosperity of the people of the Republic of 
Haiti; 
(2) implores all sides involved in Haiti’s current 
political crisis to rely on dialogue and negotiations to 
affect political change; 
(3) calls on Haitian President Aristide to an-
nounce early elections that will serve democracy, the 
Haitian Constitution, and give a voice to all the peo-
ple;
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(4) commends the Haitian communities in exile 
for continuing to strive for peace and democracy in 
Haiti, sustaining families in Haiti that are unable to 
survive economically with financial remittances, and 
for providing steadfast advocacy for Haiti; 
(5) calls on the United States Government to— 
(A) assume a leadership role in the inter-
national community to end the violence in Haiti 
and assist with a subsequent peace agreement, 
to provide for political transition and establish-
ment of a sustainable democracy with good gov-
ernance in Haiti, and establish an economic re-
construction processes for Haiti; and 
(B) play a strong and proactive role in de-
veloping peace and reconciliation initiatives in 
furtherance of an enduring solution to the on- 
going crisis in Haiti; 
(6) calls on the Secretary of State to— 
(A) request a special session of the United 
Nations General Assembly to consider whether 
the United Nations should organize a peace- 
building mission to Haiti; 
(B) provide leadership and participate in 
negotiations; and
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(C) seek, through diplomacy and negotia-
tions, an accord that ends the conflict in Haiti, 
bringing peace to its people, and establishing an 
environment conducive to the maintenance of 
regional security, political stability, democracy 
and governance, the observation of human 
rights, and the pursuit of economic growth, de-
velopment and trade; 
(7) calls on the Secretary of Defense to play a 
lead role in establishing and, if necessary, deploying 
an international stabilization force to Haiti; 
(8) requests the Administrator of the United 
States 
Agency 
for 
International 
Development 
(USAID) to— 
(A) commit to providing humanitarian as-
sistance to the people of Haiti to save lives, al-
leviate suffering, and mitigate the impact of the 
emergency situations emerging from the crisis, 
including providing emergency food, supplies, 
and commodities; and 
(B) coordinate relief efforts with national 
and international nongovernmental organiza-
tions and other donors; 
(9) urges the international community to—
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(A) provide support for peacekeeping oper-
ations in Haiti to end the violence, achieve 
peace, and restore stability; and 
(B) support humanitarian efforts to meet 
the urgent and dire needs of the Haitian people 
and to consult and cooperate closely with the 
appropriate Haitian leaders and civil society 
representatives as well as other governments 
and international organizations; and 
(10) urges the United Nations to— 
(A) to adopt a resolution to establish a 
United Nations mission for Haiti that will work 
to establish and ensure a long-term peace in 
Haiti; and 
(B) to deploy a peacekeeping and human 
rights presence in Haiti in order to develop and 
implement a plan that measurably builds the 
capacity of the Government of Haiti to respond 
to and meet the rights of its citizens, including, 
the right to health, water, education, life, secu-
rity of person, and due process. 
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