As Haiti Swears in President, UN Calls for New Political, Social and Economic Pact

by Gary Kopycinski on May 16, 2011

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NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–15 May 2011. Welcoming Haiti’s first ever transfer of power from one democratically elected president to one from the opposition, the United Nations has urged the country’s new leader, his Government and the people to harness the political goodwill to “rebuild together a new Haiti.”

Michel Martelly was sworn in yesterday as President of Haiti in a ceremony in the capital, Port-au-Prince, attended by Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Alain Le…