PARLIAMENTARY SUPPORT TO DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS IN HAITI

Resolution adopted without a vote
by the 86th Inter-Parliamentary Conference
(Santiago, 12 October 1991)

The 86th Inter-Parliamentary Conference,

Filled with consternation by the coup d'Etat which took place in Haiti on 30 September 1991 and which overthrew the Head of State elected by the sovereign people in a free and fair vote, as attested to by the United Nations and many observers,

Reaffirming the attachment to democracy of the world inter-parliamentary community, which cannot accept such a takeover by force which runs counter to political developments in the world, especially in Latin America,

1. Condemns the coup d'Etat perpetrated on 30 September 1991 in Haiti;

2. Cannot accept the establishment of a pseudo legality under the threat of bayonets;

3. Demands the immediate re-establishment of the rule of law in Haiti and of the re-instatement of its legitimate President;

4. Welcomes the position taken in this respect by the Organization of American States, and supports resolution MRE/RES.1/91 adopted by the ad hoc session of the Foreign Affairs Ministers of the OAS member countries;

5. Urges all the world's Parliaments and their members to work resolutely and rapidly for the re-establishment of democracy in Haiti.