Haitians Cry in Letters: 'Please — Do Something!' Jake Price for The New York Times Sandra Felicien dropping a letter seeking help into a collection box at the camp for displaced earthquake survivors where she lives. By DEBORAH SONTAG Published: September 19, 2010 CORAIL-CESSELESSE, Haiti — It was after midnight in a remote annex of this isolated tent camp on a windswept gravel plain. Marjorie Saint Hilaire's three boys were fast asleep, but her mind was racing. Multimedia Document Inside Haiti's Camps: Letters From the Suggestion Box Enlarge This Image Jake Price for The New York Times Ms. Felicien read one appeal for help as other camp residents listened. "It is like we are bobbing along on the waves of the ocean, waiting to be saved," she said. The camp leader had proposed writing letters to the nongovernment authorities, and she had so much to say. She lighted a candle and summoned a gracious sentiment with which to begin. "To all the members of concerned organizations, I thank you first for feeling our pain," she wrote slowly in pencil on what became an eraser-smudged page. "I note that you have taken on almost all our problems and some of our greatest needs." Ms. Saint Hilaire, 33, then succinctly explained that she had lost her husband and her livelihood to the Jan. 12 earthquake and now found herself hungry, stressed and stranded in a camp annex without a school, a health clinic, a marketplace or any activity at all. "Please — do something!" she wrote from Tent J2, Block 7, Sector 3, her new address. "We don't want to die of hunger and also we want to send our children to school. I give glory to God that I am still alive — but I would like to stay that way!" In the last couple of weeks, thousands of displaced Haitians have similarly vented their concerns, depositing impassioned pleas for help in new suggestion boxes at a hundred camps throughout the disaster zone. Taken together, the letters form a collective cri de coeur from a population that has felt increasingly impotent and ignored. With 1.3 million displaced people in 1,300 camps, homelessness is the new normal here. Two recent protest marches have sought to make the homeless a central issue in the coming presidential campaign. But the tent camp residents, miserable, weary and in many cases fighting eviction, do not seem to have the energy to become a vocal force. When the International Organization for Migration added suggestion boxes to its information kiosks in scores of camps, it did not expect to tap directly into a well of pent-up emotions. "I anticipated maybe a few cranky letters," said Leonard Doyle, who handles communications for the organization in Haiti. "But to my absolute, blow-me-down surprise, we got 700 letters in three days from our first boxes — real individualized expressions of suffering that give a human face to this ongoing tragedy." In some cases, the letters contain a breathless litany of miseries, a chain of woes strung together by commas: "I feel discouraged, I don't sleep comfortably, I gave birth six months ago, the baby died, I have six other children, they don't have a father, I don't have work, my tarp is torn, the rain panics me, my house was crushed, I don't have money to feed my family, I would really love it if you would help me," wrote Marie Jean Jean. In others, despair is expressed formally, with remarkable restraint: "Living under a tent is not favorable neither to me nor to my children" or "We would appreciate your assistance in obtaining a future as one does not appear to be on our horizon." Several writers sent terse wish lists on self-designed forms: "Name: Paul Wilbert. Camp: Boulos. Need: House. Demand: $1,250. Project: Build house. Thank you." And some tweaked the truth. Ketteline Lebon, who lives in a camp in the slum area called Cité Soleil, cannot read or write. She dictated a letter to her cousin, who decided to alter Ms. Lebon's story to say that her husband had died in the earthquake whereas he had really died in a car accident. "What does it matter?" Ms. Lebon said, shrugging. "I'm still a widow in a tent with four kids I cannot afford to send to school." At this camp's annex, Corail 3, Sandra Felicien, a regal woman whose black-and-white sundress looks as crisp as if it hangs in a closet, has become the epistolary queen. An earthquake widow whose husband was crushed to death in the school where he taught adult education courses, Ms. Felicien said she wrote letters almost daily because doing so made her feel as if she were taking action. "We are so powerless," she said. "It is like we are bobbing along on the waves of the ocean, waiting to be saved." Like the hundreds of families around her in Corail 3, Ms. Felicien and her small son lived first in Camp Fleuriot, a mosquito-infested, flood-prone marsh where many were feverish with malaria or racked by diarrhea. In July, they were bused here to the outskirts of this planned settlement, which is supposed to become a new town someday. Transitional shelters are being built in this remote spot, and a hundred or so are completed and stand empty. For the moment, though, the one-room houses, like the tents beside them, exist in a sun-scorched vacuum beneath deforested hills. They are surrounded only by latrines, showers and the information kiosk, with its blackboard, bulletin board and suggestion box. One afternoon last week, Ms. Felicien settled onto the tarp-covered rocks in front of her tent — "my porch" — and used a covered bucket for a writing desk. She was feeling robust, she said, because a neighbor had just treated her to what amounted to brunch — a pack of cookies that she had shared with her son. She started to recopy the rough draft of a letter that she had written that morning. She was writing in Creole, although her French is impeccable, because "only a Haitian could really understand," she said. While she wrote, with a reporter by her side and a photographer taking her picture, a boisterous crowd from the camp gathered, concerned that she was getting special attention from foreigners. Their complaints grew so deafening that she rose to address them, explaining that, in fact, the particular letter she was writing was not personal but on behalf of all her neighbors. Raising her voice to be heard, she read aloud the letter: "Sept. 14. Today we feel fed up with the bad treatment in Block 7. Have you forgotten about us out here in the desert?" The crowd quieted. She continued reading: "You don't understand us. You don't know that an empty bag can't stand. A hungry dog can't play." Other tent camps have health clinics or schools or at least something to do, she read. "Why don't we have such things? Aren't we people, too?" Heads nodded. The tension dissipated. The crowd dispersed. Ms. Felicien walked her letter to the kiosk to post it. "I don't know why I keep writing," she said. "To this point they have not responded. It's like screaming into the wind." Mr. Doyle said that all the letters are read, some aloud on Radio Guinen, which broadcasts daily from tent camps as part of an International Organization for Migration communication program. But the $400,000 program was intended to give voice to the voiceless and not food to the hungry or money to the destitute. So unless the writers express a need for protection, as from rape or abuse by camp leaders, their individual requests are not likely to be answered. Told this, Ms. Felicien said, "Ay yi yi" and shook her head. And then she posted her letter all the same. ____________________ "La vraie reconstruction d'Haïti passe par des réformes en profondeur des structures de l'État pour restaurer la confiance, encourager les investisseurs et mettre le peuple au travail. Il faut finir avec cette approche d'un État paternaliste qui tout en refusant de créer le cadre approprié pour le développement des entreprises mendie des millions sur la scène internationale en exhibant la misère du peuple." Cyrus Sibert Reconstruction d'Haïti : A quand les Réformes structurelles? Haïti : La continuité du système colonial d'exploitation prend la forme de monopole au 21e Siècle. WITHOUT REFORM, NO RETURN ON INVESTMENT IN HAITI (U.S. Senate report.)

MOVING HAITI FORWARD : POST-DISASTER RELIEF AND RECOVERY

MOVING HAITI FORWARD: POST-DISASTER RELIEF AND RECOVERY   February/1/  2010  Setting the Stage for Economic Freedom, Economic Opportunities,  Wealth Creation and Social Entrepreneurship   A Blueprint for Action by a Responsible Government of Haiti                                Parnell Duverger Adjunct Professor of Economics   Chief Economist & Senior Consultant Omega Consultant and News (703)-268-4594 news@omegaworldnews.com                                                           P_duverger@yahoo.com                                                                  January 20, 2010   January 12, 2010, a date that changed Haiti forever.  After a major 35 seconds earthquake measuring 7.2 on the Richter scale suddenly crippled a country that was already the poorest of the western hemisphere, the world witnessed heart-wrenching scenes of physical devastation and human suffering of biblical proportion, almost unparalleled in universal history, as reported respectfully by the international media led by Mr. Anderson Cooper and Dr. Sanjay Gupta of America's CNN, the 24-hour cable news giant.   Beyond the Tears and the Wounds:  Economic Opportunities and Social Progress   Yet, through all the current losses, pain and suffering, it is also clear that January 12, 2010, will also be remembered as the day that brought a more hopeful and decent Haiti into being, as the international community descended immediately upon the small and poor republic with a new determination and commitment to help the ravaged country not only recover from this latest unforgiving natural disaster, but also to quickly usher in a new era of economic opportunities and social progress for a people whose yearning for liberty and economic prosperity was proclaimed to the world on January 1, 1804, but has since been frustrated by petty dictators, throughout its entire 206-years history as an independent nation.   It should be clearly remembered by all, however, that before the calamity of this earthquake, Haiti suffered from a host of political, economic and social problems, including daily kidnappings and assassinations, as the latest form of political violence, which limited very seriously its ability to grow a healthy economy capable of delivering the goods and services required for its population to live a decent life, out of their usual shocking poverty.  Thus, as we now contemplate the challenges of rebuilding Haiti, we should keep these old problems and their solutions in sight, even as we resolutely engage our energies toward a speedy and results oriented recovery effort.   Rebuilding Haiti at once for long term stability, as well as economic and social progress now appears to require three distinct phases.  The first has to do with the economic recovery and continuity of business actions that must be taken immediately to bring Haiti's market economy back to life.  The second must deal with devising and implementing a set of appropriate and evolving short-term macroeconomic stabilization policies, including monetary measures by Haiti's Central Bank, which will soon be necessary to maintain equilibrium between the country's aggregate demand and aggregate supply.  Thirdly, adequate macroeconomic policies must also be devised that meet Haiti's long term needs to achieve double digit rates of economic growth, better population control, regional development and prosperity, national wealth creation and successful social entrepreneurship.   Keeping in mind the short-term and long term macroeconomic policies that will be necessary to accelerate a successful rebuilding of Haiti, the following is a Blueprint for Immediate Action by the Government of Haiti towards an Effective and Efficient Management of a Post-Disaster Relief and Economic Recovery Program, in support of activities undertaken by the experts of the international community.   Post Disaster Relief and Economic Recovery Management   In Haiti today, no wheel needs to be reinvented to achieve success in implementing a thoughtful and well-coordinated Post-Disaster Relief and Economic Recovery Management Program, as much knowledge, skills, experience and practical know-how have been accumulated in this field by various specialized institutions of the international community, by the United States in particular, where national, state and local communities have long been involved in the preparation, update and execution of such grand scale effort.  So, the Government of Haiti will be well advised to seek the assistance of the United States in coordinating the implementation of relief and recovery efforts, even as the country welcomes the best practices accumulated by the specialized institutions of the international community, such as the World Bank Group ([1]), the UNDP Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery ([2]), the U.S. Department of Homeland Security ([3]), and the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency ([4]).  More specifically, we recommend the following immediate actions: 1.         Secure buildings or rubles with sensitive information             These include the following:             National Archives             National Palace             Department of Revenue (DGI)             Ministry of Finance             Ministry of Justice             Planning Ministry 2.         Designate, Identify, Upgrade Tent Cities             Obtain field tents from international community             Designate Safe Sites for Tent Cities and Identify each by name or number.             Upgrade Tent Cities with Sanitation and Health Care Services             Establish Security Post in each Tent Cities with regular Police patrol             Establish Food and Water Distribution Points in each Tent City             Organize Relief Distribution with one entry and one exit points.             Establish safe free market area in each tent city. 3.         Establish and Organize Safe Food and Water Distribution Points throughout Port-au-Prince, Leogane, Jacmel and other cities as needed. 4.         Assess and Address Needs of Financial System             Secure Central Bank Building             Secure all bank and Money Transfer locations             Secure Customs Building             Organize meetings of Central Bank, Commercial Banks, Money Transfer Agents             Assess damages to banks and evaluate their operational needs             Assess and meet liquidity needs of the financial system 5.         Renew state of emergency             Requisition vehicles for mass transportation, with delayed compensation             Keep curfew in place from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m.             Keep important streets in good repair and free of obstacles for relief vehicles.             Insure police presence throughout strategic points in impacted cities 6.         Insure continuity of business             Meet with Chambers of Commerce             Assess and address needs of business community             Restart Production and Distribution of Electricty In addition, the Government of Haiti must take actions quickly, as early responses increase the effectiveness of recovery efforts.  In particular, the Government of Haiti should give proper consideration to the following: Use of local capacity, private sector links, coordination among partners Name consultative groups of domestic and international experts, under direction of National Director for Recovery Operations (American Assistance) Seek assistance that develops the national capacity to absorb international aid, relief and recovery aid, and help improve national and local governance   Short Term Stability and Long Term Economic Growth   Nowhere else in the world will one find a larger number of Haitians living a more successful life, free and prosperous, while enjoying the hard earned respect of society and government than in the United States of America! And, as Haitians living at home measure – with disbelief and envy – the good fortune of relatives and friends in America, their restlessness becomes increasingly acute as they continue to confront Haiti's successive crop of authoritarian, often brutal, and corrupt political leaders, who, to this day, keep denying to the impoverished masses the freedom and prosperity promised by the nation's forefathers on January 1, 1804.    The outstanding individual achievements of Haitians in America, and elsewhere in the developed countries of the free world, can be made possible for all Haitians if we can replicate in Haiti the environment which creates economic opportunities that individual Haitians can seize freely to create their own prosperity, to the extent that each chooses, in order to achieve his or her own individual and most personal dreams.  For this purpose, a Responsible Government of Haiti must anchor well defined goals, strategies and action plans to establish, through a leadership of execution, the institutional foundations, upon which free and prosperous societies are built, within the context of a continuously developing culture of freedom, and the superior achievements of which can only be hastened with greater efficiency, by a new and supportive culture of execution as abundantly discussed by this author and noted Haitian intellectual, Mr. Ray Killick.  As a science of decisions, and of unintended consequences, economics can help bring to light indispensable features of an anti-poverty regional economic development agenda for Haiti, as a key element of a long term growth policy package, that also provides a general framework for sound macroeconomic stabilization policies, investment policies, as well as competition, labor, fiscal, monetary and other policies that maintain a macroeconomic environment, conducive to economic success, that is also free of corruption and serious insecurity issues.      Building Haitian Institutions of  Free Societies for Prosperity and Development   Today, fortunately, to build for Haiti the institutions of free societies is not the Herculean task that the nation's forefathers faced 206 years ago when they declared the country's independence.  For, Haiti now can learn from the experience and emulate the achievements of the industrially advanced nations of the Western hemisphere, the free societies of which have led their individual citizens to enjoy rights, liberties and economic prosperity on a grand and large scale never seen before in the history of mankind.  Moreover, by engaging without delay its collective political will, as well as the creative energies and determination of its individual citizens, into the development of a culture of freedom and a process of wealth creation, based on lessons learned from the successes and failures of past and modern economies in transition, including those of the former Soviet Union, as well as on the wealth of academic knowledge, practical know-how and managerial experience accumulated by Haitian expatriates in the United States, and elsewhere, Haiti can once again regain a position of leadership in the world, setting an example for and leading other less developed countries in the global fight against poverty, as well as for economic development, human rights, and democracy.   If, as our forefathers professed, Haitians have a dream of liberty in a prosperous society, then Haiti can find much inspiration and guidance in the goals and public policies as well as in the institutions and organizations of the free societies of the Western Hemisphere, which have been spectacularly successful on their own individual and culturally different path to freedom, economic prosperity, democracy and political stability.   What are those goals?  While, generally, the political goals include the establishment of a representative system of democratic government, with independent executive, legislative, judiciary branches, and based on political pluralism, the rule of law, as well as the free exercise of individual liberties, political and human rights, economic goals usually focus on economic growth, full employment, economic efficiency, price level stability, economic freedom, an equitable distribution of income, economic security, and a reasonable balance of trade.  To achieve such goals, free societies rely also on the institutions and organizations of the free enterprise system of a market economy based on the price mechanism of the market, well-established private property rights, competition, freedom of enterprise, freedom of choice, specialization, capital accumulation, technological changes, and a limited government that provides an accommodating legal structure, maintains competition, promotes stability, redistributes income, reallocates resources, and provides the most basic public goods and services, in infrastructure development, health and education, for example.   Moreover, Haiti also stands to learn significantly from the trials and errors as well as the positive accomplishments of recent economies in transition – China, Russia, the former countries of the Soviet Union – or less recent ones such as the Asian NIEs, i.e. the Newly Industrialized Economies of Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Korea, if it wholly accepts and embraces the establishment of a free society driven by the free enterprise system of the market economy, as the primary and ultimate goal of renewed and clearly redefined transition efforts, from its current initial conditions of a failed state, of which the small market economy remains heavily burdened by feudal tradition, corruption, lawlessness,  and the erratic command of a long string of dictators.  To this end, Haiti should examine, adapt and implement recommendations and best practices proposed by transition policy experts, as a basic economic policy framework for accelerating the transition or transformation of a developing country from any given prevailing initial conditions into a well-functioning market economy. And if, as demonstrated by experienced transition experts, such policy prescriptions form the basis of a partnership with international donors for targeted assistance and financial aid, then a successful path may be created for Haiti to turn this rebuilding effort into a path to freedom and economic prosperity.   In a general way, an appropriate Economic Policy Framework for transitioning to a successful Haitian national economy would consist of a set of macroeconomic stabilization policies, i.e. fiscal and monetary policies, aimed at maintaining a short term balance between aggregate demand and aggregate supply in the resource, product and financial markets, as well as setting the stage for an appropriate and longer term macroeconomic environment, in which a set of investment drivers can actually spur capital investments and move a country forward into a well-functioning market economy:  (1) liberalization and deregulation of business activities, (2) stability and predictability of the legal environment, (3) good corporate and public governance, (4) liberalization of foreign trade and international capital movements, (5) financial sector development, (6) corruption level, (7) political risk, (8) country promotion and image, and (9) targeted investment incentives.   As Haiti becomes increasingly more able to attract higher levels of foreign direct investments, and successfully integrate the global economy, a concurrent program of internal political and economic decentralization will also be necessary to empower the rural poor and upgrade their living conditions. Toward this end, a serious regional economic development program for poverty reduction and wealth creation has been articulated around the establishment and development of 26 Economic Opportunity Zones (EOZ) throughout Haiti.  The Haitian Initiative also calls on Haitian expatriates in the United States and elsewhere to invest in Haiti, and to share their wealth of accumulated academic knowledge, practical know-how and managerial expertise with Haiti 's new entrepreneurial class.  To this end, special guarantees should be offered to Haitian expatriates, including an official recognition of their unrestricted Haitian citizenship.   A Haitian economic miracle remains possible to achieve if the talents and energies of the citizens of Haiti are marshaled and oriented toward building the institutions of liberty and the organizations of a free market economy, as a precondition for creating a free society in which a limited government, constrained by the institutions of an open society and representative democracy, is less able to thwart the creative energies of risk taking entrepreneurs in an environment of flourishing individual liberties.  Then, in a partnership with the international community, an agenda for wealth creation can be implemented, the success of which will rest on Haiti's steady implementation of a well researched and proven program of transition toward a well functioning market economy, representative democracy and the rule of law.  For establishing a free and prosperous society, Haiti must also summon the assistance of Haitian expatriates, whose academic knowledge, practical know-how, managerial talents, and experience of democratic life and governance, may help shorten the time necessary for Haitian society to adjust smoothly into to its new path to freedom, economic prosperity, democracy and political stability, where private entrepreneurs take an active and leading role in carrying out an anti-poverty regional economic development agenda that brings real economic opportunities to Haiti's local populations, and to Haitians everywhere.     Fort Lauderdale, January 30, 2010                                                                         [1]http://web.worldbank.org/external/default/main?noSURL=Y&theSitePK=1324361&piPK=64252979&pagePK=64253958&contentMDK=22451659  [2] (http://creatrixonline.net/bcpr/introduction.htm [3] (http://www.dhs.gov/files/prepresprecovery.shtm [4] http://www.fema.gov/ ==================================================== ============================================ [1] An adjunct professor of economics, Parnell Duverger is also the Chairman of the Louverture Center for Freedom and Development, a Public Policy, Research, and Service Institution of the Haitian Community of South Florida, ex CEO of Omega Military Consultant Economic Division,Chairman of Omega World News.  Professor Duverger was the recipient of the 2004-2005 Professor of the Year Award for Excellence in Teaching at Broward College (formerly Broward Community College), Willis Holcombe Campus, Downtown-Fort Lauderdale, Florida. ____________________ "La vraie reconstruction d'Haïti passe par des réformes en profondeur des structures de l'État pour restaurer la confiance, encourager les investisseurs et mettre le peuple au travail. Il faut finir avec cette approche d'un État paternaliste qui tout en refusant de créer le cadre approprié pour le développement des entreprises mendie des millions sur la scène internationale en exhibant la misère du peuple." Cyrus Sibert Reconstruction d'Haïti : A quand les Réformes structurelles? Haïti : La continuité du système colonial d'exploitation  prend la forme de monopole au 21e Siècle. WITHOUT REFORM, NO RETURN ON INVESTMENT IN HAITI (U.S. Senate report.)

PLANNING FOR SECURITY IN HAITI II / by Joel R Deeb

News : World Last Updated: Sep 20th, 2010 - 01:05:57 PLANNING FOR SECURITY IN HAITI II / by Joel R Deeb By Sep 21, 2010, 08:59 Email this article  Printer friendly page PLANNING FOR SECURITY IN HAITI II                         BY Joel R Deeb Political and Security Consultant on Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean   deebjr@omegamilitaryconsultant.com deebjr@aol.com  202-239-6567   The old adage that "knowledge is power" has perhaps never been truer than when applied to today's threats against the public safety of the general population, and the physical safety and integrity of individuals and private property in Haiti by domestic terrorists such as kidnappers whose action are politically motivated and the criminal gangs that roam our major cities with impunity.   Moreover, as the international community has gathered in Haiti to save the country, in the aftermath of the destructive Jan. 12, 2010 earthquake that rocked and devastated the Haitian cities of Port-au-Prince, Leogane and Jacmel, to name a few, it is prudent to remember the pre-disaster security challenges that faced Haiti, which must be addressed before massive private investments can take place to generate a more hopeful future of economic prosperity and development for the people of Haiti.  Still, security concerns in the more immediate post-disaster relief and recovery management phase of rebuilding Haiti must also be addressed to revive Haiti's economy, and prevent domestic terrorists and other violent criminals from seizing opportunities to lay the groundwork for reshaping their organizations and developing new potency.   Looking at the long term as a period of time, in which at least one variable in the security equation can be changed we envision some of the corresponding security goals for Haiti to include the following, among other more specific mandates dictated by the constitution and other laws of the land:   To establish and maintain a peaceful or non-violent national, regional and local environment that supports the effective exercise of individual freedoms and rights guaranteed by Haiti's constitution;   To provide effective assistance to Haiti's judiciary, in insuring that judicial decisions are implemented, according to the laws of the land; To protect the lives and private physical properties of all persons present on Haiti's territory, as consistent with established laws governing the freedoms and rights of all individuals;   To protect the homeland against terrorism and enemies, domestic or international, and insure public safety, the ability of constitutional authorities to fulfill their legal obligations and mandates, and protect individual lives and properties.   To fulfill all mission, goals, objectives and duties of constitutional security forces established in Haiti, in accordance with applicable laws.   Mid-term security goals may include the following:   Insure equal access to police protection and services to all persons present on Haitian territory;   Insure that all representatives of the judicial system, throughout Haiti, have access to police protection and services, as mandated by the constitution and other applicable laws;   Insure that police availability, protection and services are national in scope, and present at the local level, and that access to protection and services are sufficient and fair;   ·          Protect the lives, private properties, as well as the legal, civil and political rights of any national or foreign citizen living in Haiti;   Insure the safety and freedoms of foreign and domestic investors, and their abilities to create and operate business ventures that create jobs, especially in the context of former U.S. President Bill Clinton's mission as a Special Envoy of the General Secretary of the United Nations;   Insure that Haiti's security system obtain the human, physical and financial resources required to fulfill its mission and duties under the law;   Insure that human resources are properly trained to meet the challenges of their functions, and that police personnel are adequately equipped to fulfill their duties;   Insure the effective participation of Haiti in international police actions that are consistent with the mission and values established in international forums and supported by Haiti's legislative and executive officials;   Gather actionable intelligence on networks of sleeper or operational gangs and gang members, in particular those linked to the kidnapping and assassination squads of domestic and international terrorists, and other violent criminals;   Establish, maintain and deploy a military grade Rapid Response Team to insure the full effectiveness of security forces, especially in matters involving terrorism and the trafficking of drugs or human beings.   Shorter-term security goals in Haiti, may call for the following:   Gather actionable intelligence on operational gangs, gang members, kidnappers and terrorism suspects that will enable security forces to make critical decisions and operate successfully.   Establish, train and deploy a security intelligence organization capable of delivery the actionable information required to provide effective protection to all stakeholders in Haiti.   Establish and train a military grade Rapid Response Team that enhances the ability of security forces to insure the full effectiveness of security operations, especially in matters involving terrorism and the trafficking of drugs or human beings.   Protect the lives, private properties, as well as the legal, civil and political rights of any national or foreign citizen living in Haiti.   Insure the safety and freedoms of foreign and domestic investors, and their abilities to create and operate business ventures that create jobs, especially in the context of former U.S. President Bill Clinton's mission as a Special Envoy of the General Secretary of the United Nations.   Use responsibly the nation's resources and appropriate foreign assistance, in an effective and efficient campaign to fully restore public safety for the Haitian people in general, and for economic agents in particular:  private business entrepreneurs, producers and consumers.   Intelligence Gathering   In order to act effectively against violent gangs of criminals, kidnappers and potential terrorists, often supported by or working in cooperation with holders of the highest elected offices leading the civilian government, a new intelligence organization must be created, the members of which should understand that their services are to the nation and not to any individual, no matter how politically powerful.  Particular attention should be given to threats against business owners, entrepreneurs, their families and their business ventures.   The new intelligence organization should be placed nominally under the authority of Haiti's Minister of Justice, but work effectively in cooperation with and under the actual authority of American intelligence and law enforcement officers, and coordinate its activities, when necessary, with the Assistant Minister for Security, the national police and the U.N. forces operating in Haiti.   Protection of Civil Rights   The kidnappings, torture and murder of any individual living in Haiti, constitute violations of civil rights.  Such activities must be eradicated vigorously to restore confidence in national public safety, of which entrepreneurship and job creation depend so much.  The new intelligence force will provide actionable information to Haitian law enforcement, when deemed wise or practical, or its officers will make arrest in an independent manner.  Resources will be used to make potent and respected the powers and effectiveness of the new intelligence force.    It is also advisable to consider bringing the government of Haiti in compliance with constitutional mandates by re-activating the Haitian military, as a specialized force that deals with anti-terrorism, domestic and international, as well as the most violent aspects of the drug trade and the trafficking of human beings.   Protection of domestic and foreign investors and business entrepreneurs   Investors and business entrepreneurs, domestic or foreign, need a peaceful climate appropriate for business development and operation, in order to produce and create jobs.  Significant resources should be allocated to removing threats against entrepreneurs and their business operations.  As Haitian-American economist, and Professor of Economics, Mr. Parnell Duverger, also Omega's chief economist and senior consultant, has pointed out repeatedly, "there can be no business development and job creation in an environment of insecurity for businesses and their owners, as well as for the shoppers whose buying power serves as an economic engine."   The new intelligence force will act to protect people engaged in the business sectors, so that a new image can be created for the economic environment that attracts investors and encourages business expansion and job creation, particularly in the context former U.S. President Bill Clinton, in the exercise of his mission in Haiti, as Special Envoy of the U.N. Secretary General.         Utilization of Resources   Domestic resources and foreign assistance will be used to organize the new civilian intelligence force for action against political kidnappings and assassinations, the goal of which is to discourage market participants. The new intelligence force will act to guarantee the free flow of goods and services in the market economy of Haiti.   Potential Security Concerns in Post-Disaster Recovery for Haiti   As Haiti enters into a mode of post-disaster recovery, recommended immediate actions include:   A.      Secure Tent Cities and Crime prone neighborhood Request the participation of Haiti's National Police in designating spaces for new Tent Cities, and bring security concerns early at the planning stage.  It will be cheaper and more effective than seeking ways to add security measures later. Plan for continuity of business in designated areas of impacted cities, where clusters of business activities can take place, with pre-established security measures and police protection.   Plead for security concerns to be discussed at senior level, in business continuity meetings.   Seek assistance from Chambers of Commerce, to achieve this goal.   Keep access points to Tent Cities and other vulnerable areas to a minimum. Where possible, do not allow unauthorized vehicles to get close to protected areas, including Tent Cities.           Establish police presence within minutes of Tent Cities.           Insure highly visible police patrol in Tent Cities and crime prone areas            Enforce curfew from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. B.      Deploy military grade security force to reinforce police  Activate a military grade security force to combat terrorism and human trafficking Deploy military grade security force to strategic areas of special concerns Devise and implement plan to protect critical facilities.  These include the following: Police Stations Hospitals Schools Food and Water Distribution Points Emergency Operating Centers Water Supplies Treatment Facilities Telephone Exchanges Hazardous Material Facilities. C.      Use military type force to secure free markets, commerce and industry D.       Activate intelligence units to guide action of police and security forces. ============================================================ Haitian-American Joel R Deeb  A Professional Political Consultant with over 20 years experience providing sound analysis, interpretation, problem solving skills land public policy recommendations for solving various political problems that affect national security, public safety and the effectiveness of government, Chairman and CEO, Omega Military Consultant, 1994 – Present Analyst, Strategic Studies / Counter Terrorism Action Plan, Latin America 1980 – Present Vice-President, Caribbean Communications Corp., 1991 – 1993. Board Member, International Fruit Basket Corp., 1979 – 1983.Board Member, Sea Food Maritime Exports Inc., 1979 – 1980. Founder and Team Leader, Hector Riobe  Anti-Duvalier Front, 1980 – 1986.Member, Haitian League for Human Rights, 1979 – 1980.Analyst, Strategic Studies / Counter Terrorism, Caribbean Region, Asia/Africa, 1979. Research : New Technologies for Defense and Collective Security in 2004 – ____________________ "La vraie reconstruction d'Haïti passe par des réformes en profondeur des structures de l'État pour restaurer la confiance, encourager les investisseurs et mettre le peuple au travail. Il faut finir avec cette approche d'un État paternaliste qui tout en refusant de créer le cadre approprié pour le développement des entreprises mendie des millions sur la scène internationale en exhibant la misère du peuple." Cyrus Sibert Reconstruction d'Haïti : A quand les Réformes structurelles? Haïti : La continuité du système colonial d'exploitation  prend la forme de monopole au 21e Siècle. WITHOUT REFORM, NO RETURN ON INVESTMENT IN HAITI (U.S. Senate report.)