Tools: Save | Print | E-mail | Most Read
Peacekeepers Protect Haiti Vote Center
Adjust font size:

Chinese peacekeepers in Haiti are being deployed to safeguard a smooth vote count after a chaotic but mostly peaceful presidential election.

 

The vote, which ended on Tuesday night local time, is the first election in the unstable Caribbean nation of 8.3 million since its former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide was ousted two years ago.

 

UN troops with helicopters, trucks and mules have hauled ballots from remote voting stations across the country to the voting center in the capital Port-au-Prince that is being guarded by the Chinese peacekeepers.

 

Zhang Jin, information officer with the Chinese team in Haiti, described the task as the "most important and difficult one Chinese peacekeepers have ever shouldered."

 

"We're honored to be given the task of safeguarding the voting center, but we also realize the possible risk," he told China Daily yesterday in an online interview.

 

The center is near the campsite of the Chinese team, but also adjacent to the gang-controlled Cite Soleil slum in Port-au-Prince.

 

Mass confusion and tension at some voting stations due to late poll openings and irregularities, which led to at least four deaths on election day, have heightened concerns.

 

Zhang said the Chinese team is making unswerving efforts to accomplish the task.

 

Crouching behind machine guns and patrolling alongside armored vehicles, 125 Chinese officers, including eight women, are on garrison duty at nine sentry posts near the voting center.

 

Each of them has to work for at least 10 hours a day to give the center comprehensive 24-hour protection.

 

 

Zhang said more than 50,000 meters of wire and 1,000 bags of stones and sand were used to install barbed wire entanglements and erect fortifications at sections where potential problems were feared.

 

As part of the 9,000-strong UN peacekeeping forces in Haiti, the current Chinese team arrived in the country last December for an eight-month tour of duty. All members are from east China's Shandong Province.

 

To get a better understanding of the country, the team has closely studied UN information reports on Haiti and subscribed to local newspapers.

 

"We need all the information to draft emergency plans for anything unexpected," Zhang told China Daily.

 

(China Daily February 11, 2006)

Tools: Save | Print | E-mail | Most Read

Related Stories
UN Special Envoy Hails Success of Haiti Election
Vote Count Begins in Haiti, Some Still Wait to Cast Ballots
Haitian Election to Produce Reliable Govt -UN Spokesman
Chinese Peacekeepers Leave for Haiti
Elite Police Prepare for Haiti Tour
China to Send Anti-riot Peacekeepers for Haiti

Product Directory
China Search
Country Search
Hot Buys
SiteMap | About Us | RSS | Newsletter | Feedback
SEARCH THIS SITE
Copyright ? China.org.cn. All Rights Reserved ????E-mail: webmaster@china.org.cn Tel: 86-10-88828000 京ICP證 040089號
主站蜘蛛池模板: 狼群视频在线观看www| 青青青青久久久久国产| 天天操天天舔天天干| 久久91亚洲精品中文字幕| 欧美va在线播放免费观看| 天天干天天做天天操| 久久99亚洲网美利坚合众国| 曰批免费视频播放在线看片二| 亚洲欧美视频一级| 男人j桶进女人p无遮挡在线观看| 另类ts人妖一区二区三区| 调教扩张尿孔折磨失禁| 大香焦伊人久久| 一本大道香蕉中文在线高清 | 伊人久久大香线蕉电影院| 美女免费视频一区二区| 国产一区二区不卡| 顶级欧美色妇xxxxx| 国产欧美日韩精品a在线观看 | 亚洲欧洲另类春色校园网站 | 欧美综合图片一区二区三区| 人善交VIDE欧美| 精品400部自拍视频在线播放| 四虎www免费人成| 蜜芽亚洲欧美一区二区电影| 国产女18片毛片水真多| narutomanga玖辛奈本子| 成人毛片在线观看| 久久777国产线看观看精品 | 色偷偷女男人的天堂亚洲网| 国产精品美女久久久网av| 中文字幕在线国产| 日本在线视频WWW鲁啊鲁| 久久精品日日躁夜夜躁欧美| 最近最新中文字幕2018| 亚洲乱码国产乱码精品精| 欧美成aⅴ人高清免费观看| 亚洲欧美日韩精品久久奇米色影视 | av在线播放日韩亚洲欧| 女性特黄一级毛片| 一个人看的毛片|