Washington DC, February 5, 2014 – The Global Haitian
Diaspora Federation welcomes the scheduled historic meeting between the
President of the first black republic and the first black President of the
United States on Thursday February 6, 2014. The Global Haitian Diaspora Federation urges President Obama
to consider pledging the following:
1.
Agreement to quickly deploy the remaining 40% of the funds allocated for
earthquake recovery of Haiti
and additional emergency assistance to the Haitian Government to relocate the
remaining 150,000 earthquake victims still living under tents prior to the June
1 hurricane season;
2.
Support Haiti in its effort to secure additional loans from the World
Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank to rebuild the damaged
infrastructure estimated to be a $14 billion loss;
3.
Address the needs of the
majority of the 5 million people living in abject poverty;
4.
Organize an international donor conference to discuss how to more
effectively deploy international aid, and secure the release of the $10 billion
in pledges that have never been received;
5.
Support free and fair elections this year and the continued fight
against corruption;
6.
Take the administrative decision for the Haitian family reunification;
7.
Support the vote in the US Senate for the Haiti Accountability Act
passed by the House and the Haitian-American Enterprise Fund introduced by
Congresswoman Clarke;
8.
Continued pressure from the US Government to bring accountability to the
UN for the cholera epidemic in Haiti;
9.
Support the Haitian government’s calls for the repeal of the Dominican
Republic’s court ruling stripping citizenship from black Dominicans of
Caribbean and Haitian decent retroactively to 1929;
10.Integrate the Haitian Diaspora into the US AID strategy
for Haiti; currently only 3.4% of the $2 billion spent has gone to Haitian
institutions;
11.Send a U.S. Presidential Delegation to assess the current
situation in Haiti and discuss ways to restructure aid in the country and
strengthen cooperation with the Haitian government;
12.Urge president Martelly to integrate the Haitian
Diaspora experts in the recovery and development
of Haiti.
For Immediate Release
Contact Sandra Thomas (786) 218 7161