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The United Nations Security Council met
Thursday to discuss the future of Haiti.
One year after the earthquake that killed hundreds of thousands,
daily life is still a struggle for many Haitians,
as the country's infrastructure is rebuilt from scratch.
Now, a new uncertainty threatens Haiti,
after last November's presidential elections.
The UN is calling for Haiti's provisional electoral commission
to review the results.
Alain Le Roy is the Under-Secretary-General
for Peacekeeping Operations.
"It is of paramount importance that the current political crisis is brought
to a swift conclusion so that the Government and people of Haiti
can focus on the challenges of reconstruction and recovery."
And recovery is already happening for some.
Schools have reopened and increased policing
has reduced cases of *** violence
in many of the makeshift camps that house
nearly 800,000 displaced people.
However, 12 months after the earthquake
that changed the country forever,
Valerie Amos, the Under-Secretary-General
for Humanitarian Affairs,
is urging realism.
"We cannot expect that Haiti, the poorest
and least developed country
in the western hemisphere before the earthquake,
will be rebuilt in one year or even two.
Humanitarian agencies are prepared to stand
beside the poorest and most vulnerable Haitian people for
as long as it takes to recover from this terrible last year.
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