International Politics: December 2004 Archives

23 Dec 2004

Source: AlertNet
By Katherine Arie

LONDON (AlertNet) - Fresh fears that Haiti could be headed for civil war have surfaced as political and criminal violence continues to escalate. Some 200 people have been killed since September. Experts warn that unless all groups are disarmed, Haiti could become a permanently failed state and spread instability throughout the entire region in the form of an overflow of refugees, violence and drugs.

News Release Issued by the International Secretariat of Amnesty International

21 December 2004

The grave situation in the North-Kivu province of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) should not divert the transitional government and international community from implementing essential reforms aimed at protecting civilians and building greater security, Amnesty International said today.

PROUT Editor's note: In this article, as in other articles on this site, the total impotence, the inability of the United Nations to bring order and peace to any area of the world is evident. It means, the suffering people of the world are knowingly or unknowingly crying for relief from their sufferings, which only a world government, with a strong moral force and military force, can provide. By the grace of God such a world government will be formed in the near future!
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Source: Human Rights Watch
December 4, 2004

Rwandan troops have invaded the Democratic Republic of Congo twice in the last decade. Press reports indicate that Rwandan troops have again crossed into Congo. Violence and instability in Congo have claimed the lives of three million people in the last five years and the dispatch of United Nations peacekeepers to eastern Congo has not brought stability to the region.