Dominican Republic and Haiti: Country Studies

Table B. (Continued) Haiti: Chronology ofImportant Events
Period
Description
September 25
September 31
Aristide addresses United Nations General Assembly.
Hainan military overthrows Aristide; he leaves for Venezuela,
later goes to United States.
1991-94 Raoul Cedras military regime.
1993 July 3 Aristide and Haitian armed forces commander General
Raoul Cedras sign Governors Island Accord, providing for
July 16
October 1 1
Aristide's return to power in Haiti on October 30, 1993.
United Nations Security Council imposes worldwide oil and
arms embargo on Haiti.
Armed gangs prevent the USS Harlan County from docking
in Port-au-Prince.
1994 April 12 Randall Robinson, Executive Director of TransAfrica, begins
hunger strike to protest United States policies toward Haiti.
April 29
May 21
July 31
September 16-18
September 19
October 4
October 13
October 15
October 16
Ambassador Lawrence Pezzullo is dismissed as United States
envoy to Haiti; former United States Congressman Wil-liam
Gray III replaces him.
United Nations levies comprehensive embargo on Haiti.
United Nations Security Council passes resolution (S/Res/
940) approving United States plan to raise a multilateral
force to remove the military junta from power in Haiti.
Team consisting of former President Jimmy Carter, former
chair of the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff General Colin
Powell, and United States Senator Sam Nunn of Georgia
negotiates the peaceful departure from Haiti ofjunta leaders.
United States forces land unopposed in Port-au-Prince.
Haitian police chief Michel Francois leaves Haiti for the
Dominican Republic.
General Cedras and General Biamby leave Haiti for Panama.
President Aristide returns to Haiti.
United Nations lifts all sanctions on Haiti.
1995 June 25 Contentious municipal and parliamentary elections held.
August 13
Rerun of contended municipal and parliamentary elections.
1996 February 7 Rene Preval assumes presidency.
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