Monatna Agreement : Elections Today

This Sunday, January 30, 2022 the 42 voters out of 44 [Famni Lavalas retired https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-35838-haiti-politic-famni-lavalas-withdraws-from-the-national-transition-committee-of-the-montana-agreement.html ] of the Montana Accord will vote to elect a President from among two candidates : economist Fritz Alphonse Jean and former senator Edgar Leblanc Fils; and a Prime Minister among four candidates: Iswick Théophin, Philippe Jean Hénold Buteau, Bonivert Claude and Steven Irvenson Benoit. For many observers, this demagogic election is only a charade.

Acute food insecurity will worsen between February and May

the World Food Program (WFP), in a report published on January 28, 2022, reveals that Colombia including the strong migration from neighboring Venezuela, Haiti and Honduras are the three countries of America region where the acute food insecurity situation will worsen between February and May 2022.

Last book by Dany Laferrière

Dany Laferrière's latest book "Is this grenade in the hand of the young Negro a weapon or a fruit ?" will be released on February 3 by Éditions Zulma.

Haiti under the magnifying glass of the HRC

As part of the 40th session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC), which is being held from January 24 to February 3, the human rights situation in Haiti, one of the 12 States to be examined by the UPR mechanism, will be examined for the third time, Monday, January 31, 2022 from 2:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. (Geneva time) during a meeting which will be broadcast live via webcast on https://webtv.un.org/ . To find out more about the UPR visit: https://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/UPR/Pages/UPRMain.aspx

February 7 without importance for France

France expresses its concerns about the crisis in Haiti, however, it does not attach any particular importance to the date of February 7, 2022, underlined the French Ambassador, Fabrice Mauriès, who called on all stakeholders to work for an agreement. inclusive.

Internship in France for 40 students:

Fabrice Mauriès, Ambassador of France to Haiti, participated in a meeting with 40 students from Quisqueya University (UniQ) who are leaving for a 4-week internship at the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis. The Embassy is delighted with the partnership between the two universities and salutes their valuable contributions in strengthening Franco-Haitian university collaboration.

HL/ HaitiLibre