Kweisi Mfume, President & CEO, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) continues his call for the United States and the United Nations to take steps immediate steps to prevent further bloodshed and loss of life in Haiti.
Mfume said: "The Bush administration cannot continue to stand idly by while armed thugs roam the streets of Haiti and threaten the democratically elected government of Haitian president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide. President Bush either in conjunction with the U.N. or unilaterally, must act now. The United States cannot continue to turn a blind eye to the suffering in hopes that it will go away. By doing nothing to prevent a bloodbath our nation becomes a co-conspirator in this human tragedy. Thousands of innocent lives hang defensively in the balance and cry out for help."
"While we continue to discourage Haitians to flee by way of the high seas we do insist that Haitians who reach our shores be given immediate refugee status rather than being sent back to a nation in disarray and anarchy. Time is running out. Action has to be taken now. There is no difference between violence in Haiti and violence in Iraq. President Bush must end the double standard," Mfume said.
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