Mr. Chairman. the agreement between President Aristide and Prime Minister Theodore to restore democracy in Haiti is a painfully incomplete step toward renewing democracy in that small and troubled land. The agreement certainly does not provide immediate relief for the refugees still being repatriated by the administration. President Aristide will not be immediately returned to the Presidency. and it remains unclear whether the current leadership of the Haitian military will remain in power. Thus. today Haiti remains out of control and we cannot say that it has ceased terrorizing its own people. Yet. shamefully the Bush administration. with the assent of the Supreme Court. has decided that the thousands of Haitians who have fled in terror should cavalierly be returned.
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