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UN Security Council Calls Urgent Meeting to Discuss Haiti
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?ctl=107416D:3919ACA Security Council
called meeting to discuss latest postponement of Haiti's general
election The United Nations Security Council has called an urgent
meeting to discuss the latest postponement of Haiti's general
election.

A diplomat Wednesday said Security Council members are to meet Friday
for a briefing on the circumstances surrounding the postponement.

Earlier this week, the Haitian government announced the general
election would not be held January 8 and was to be postponed for the
fifth time.

Problems with the election include delays in mailing voter
registration cards and controversy over the location of polling
places.

The January 8 date was set after the electoral board postponed the
voting for a fourth time, citing poor organization and lack of
resources.

The election will be the first since President Jean-Bertrand
Aristide's ouster in February 2004.

Some information for this report provided by AFP and Reuters.


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