Report of the Secretary-General on the Question Concerning Haiti (S/1994/1012)

The Secretary-General submits his third report to the Security Council pursuant to paragraph 16 of resolution 917 (1994). He states that the situation in Haiti deteriorated further in August 1994, with the country politically stymied and economically paralysed. The report describes the state of siege decreed on 31 July 1994, prosecutions of citizens who called for revolt or foreign invasion, and restrictions on the press and on journalists. It cites a partial list of human rights violations in July drawn up by the Plate-Forme des Droits Humains, after the expulsion of the International Civilian Mission in Haiti on 13 July 1994. It reports a currency that lost 40 per cent of its value, doubled food prices and obstacles to humanitarian aid, and notes a bilateral arrangement on monitoring the Dominican border. The Secretary-General concludes that a last attempt must be made to implement resolution 940 (1994) peacefully, and that an exploratory mission did not reach its objectives.